The Blessed Position

John 5:1-18 AMP
8 Jesus said to him, “Get up; pick up your pallet and walk.” 
9 Immediately the man was healed and recovered his strength, and picked up his pallet and walked.

At some point we all either have been or will find ourselves at our lowest position. It doesn't matter how we got there. The thing is, once you find yourself there on the ground having been knocked or pushed down, having been tripped and fallen down, finessed down, finagled down, or fraught down...it is hard to get back up from there. But right there, immobilized in your lowest position, you have a unique vantage point that will bless you if you let it.

When your station, your assigned seat, in life has become a seat on the ground that you cannot seem to pull yourself up from because of your impairments, your daily experience is one of complete disregard. Just in case you've never found yourself in such a low and lingering position, here are a few things that you are blessed to perceive from that point of view:

1. There are people who hated you on your feet. You may have never perceived this standing shoulder to shoulder with people. But with your station being a seat, not at the table nor the door of opportunity, but on a mat set on the hard, hot concrete ground--unprotected from the trash and traffic of the world around you--you get to experience the truth of people's hearts. People say and do the most treacherous things to you when they think that there's nothing you can do for them or there's nothing you can do that would hold them accountable. They are content with your condition and they tell you how they really feel based on their belief and desire that you will never get up from there (Proverbs 26:23-26 AMP). To know this is a blessing of protection for when you walk again.
2. There are people around you who will consciously interfere with your opportunity for healing to get what they want instead. Some folks are not just okay with you being stationed down there in a low position because of your impediments, but they will see you using the remaining abilities that you do have to get the healing you need to restore your stride, and will seek to steal your limited opportunities for their own gain (John 5:5-7, Jeremiah 9:8). Let that be a lesson to you that no matter what impairments you suffer, because the enemy still see's something to steal from you, you still have a treasure on the inside of you. Praise God for that!
3. If you want to be well and walk upright, Jesus will meet you at your need and heal you. When your impairment has you in an inescapable seated position on a mat on the ground and people have you impaled on society's terms, you are in the perfect position to get to know God for yourself (Leviticus 26:12-13). When you worship in your low position it puts you at the feet of Jesus, which is right where you need to be in order to be healed. When you love God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength in your impaired and low position, God will send someone to you who has His heart and the mind of Christ to discern your need who will help you get up and receive your healing (Deuteronomy 6:5, John 13:35, John 5:1-7). You can be in lowest and last position in life, but when you put God first He will cause you to move to first place (Matthew 25:31-36, Matthew 19:23-30). Be healed of your impairment and choose to walk upright with the stride of a life in Christ (John 5:14-15). Go and live your blessed life!

No matter your current station in life, I encourage you to assume and maintain a posture of reverence for the risen Savior, Jesus Christ (John 12:1-3).

Be Blessed!
~Nina

Declaration: In my lowest position I am perfectly positioned for worship, at the feet of Jesus.