Jesus called for action. He did not heal so that the lame man could stay on his bed. Jesus called him to life! To action! To DO! He heals to restore the ability to live!

But it requires action. What if the man said no? What if he, knowing his reality of being lame, said no to Jesus. “I can’t get up, I am lame”. Would he have been healed? How would he ever know? You can’t know you can walk till you try! How sad to be touched by God but refuse to act on it and miss the blessing!

To be healed, delivered, rescued, touched, we must get up! We must go on with life. That is overcoming! Not by our own strength, no… But by our resolve of faith. We “get up” by doing what we can and trusting that God will bring the results.

Need a job? Sure pray… Ask for help from above, but then “get up” and go look for one! Even if turned down a thousand times, ask God for help, then go look again. “Take up your pallet and go”! Need healing? Need a friend? Need deliverance? Need anything? Pray, seek God, but then “GO”!

God honors our actions when we seek Him first, and then “go”.

Don’t forge ahead without first hearing from heaven, that would be foolish. But don’t neglect to forge ahead when you do hear! Don’t stay still in continually asking when it is time to move. The Christian life is prayer followed by action! “Take up your pallet and go” is our call, after we hear from heaven. Hear first, then go, do, act, trust.

If He tells you to climb a mountain, know that you now can. Start climbing!