Luke 5:17-26 gives us a good picture of how people react or respond to God doing a new thing.
In Isaiah, God told us that he would do new things and that his thoughts are higher than ours. But somehow when we see something new happening, our first reaction can be to judge it. That's what the Pharisees did in this story. Yes they were trained, and yes they knew the Scriptures. But they were not in touch with the God of the Scriptures.
It's His power that was present with Jesus that enabled Him to heal and even to forgive sin.
At the end of this chapter we see the correct response to God's work and to the miracles of God. "Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God."
Friends, God is continually doing new and more wonderful things. Let's stay in touch with Him. But never lose the sense of awe and amazement at what God does. And He will do more and more because we cannot put God in a box much less keep Him there. And let's give praise to God.
Through praise we can command a blessing from God. And praise is the pathway of breakthrough in our lives.
Blessings!
Pastor Arlen
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