Take up your mat - its your responsibility

John chapter 5 talks about the "Healing at the Pool." Jesus goes up to a man who had been crippled for 38 years and asks if he wants to be healed. The man did not answer very decisively. But Jesus ready and eager to heal him said "Get up! Take up your mat and walk." The man did and was healed.

The part that really got me was the "take up your mat" part. The lady who gives the lectures for BSF said that taking up his mat was his responsibility. In essence it represented all that he was accountable for. So tonight Im sitting at church and it finally clicked. The Pastor said he spends time with the Lord through prayer and bible reading every day and has not missed a single day in like 8.5 years or something ridiculously long like that. He said it was his responsibility. Ok, I get it. Just like I pledged some 14 years ago to make my bed every morning because I wanted to be a lady of diligence (and Ive only missed a handful of times). That was my action to being responsible. But God is calling me to be responsible in a new way. I must spend time with him daily. It is my responsibility in Faith action. I must take up my mat and walk. Walk with Him.