Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for August 13, 2026

GOD IS AT WORK

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 John 5:16-17

For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

Additional Verses

📖 Genesis 17:1-27. John 1:1-51; 2 Corinthians 2:1-17

God is at work all the time. When Jesus Christ was on earth, He was God incarnate and was always at work. The Gospels show how God in His Son Jesus Christ was at work all the time. Acts 10:38 says, “…how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.” In John 5:1-9 when Jesus Christ came to Jerusalem to the pool of Bethesda, He found there a man who had been waiting to receive his healing for a good thirty eight years. Jesus Christ asked him if he wanted to receive his healing and when the man explained why he was failing to receive his healing each time the waters of the pool were stirred, Jesus Christ immediately commanded him to rise and take up his bed and walk. That very moment the man was made well and he took up his bed and walked. Because it was on a Sabbath when Jesus Christ healed this man, the Jews persecuted Jesus Christ. In response, Jesus Christ told them that His Father was always at work. This shows that God neither sleeps nor slumbers just because He is caring for us always. If God was to go on holiday, all creation would perish. This is because all life comes from God. Many people who may have suffered for years from different problems or sicknesses easily give up on God thinking that they are forgotten. The man at the pool of Bethesda never gave up on God at all. He kept on waiting hopefully that one day God would locate him and give him a new beginning. In the same way, I am encouraging you, whatever your situation might be, just hang on until the hour of your visitation. God is trustworthy, even if the road feels uncertain, His direction is always right. Do not be discouraged by slow progress or unanswered requests, remember God is only a call away. Jeremiah 33:3, “Call unto me and l will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” God has not forgotten you at all. God guides with wisdom and not with speed. Keep trusting His direction even when it stretches your faith. The day of your restoration is certainly dawning. Alleluia!

Prayer

I thank You Father for assuring me that You have not forgotten me at all. Help me to keep on holding on hopefully for the day of my restoration which is coming in Jesus Christ Mighty name. Amen.