In Part 4 of the Jesus Takes series, the focus is on one powerful command: “Take up your bed and walk.” This moment in Scripture isn’t just about a miraculous healing—it’s about dismantling dependency. When Jesus spoke those words to the man who had been lying by the pool for years, He wasn’t simply telling him to stand; He was telling him to leave the system that had defined his life.
This take unpacks the deeper meaning of “rising, taking, and walking.” Rising is about stepping into wholeness. Taking your bed means removing the very thing you’ve been lying in—your comfort zone, your place of stagnation, your fallback plan. Walking means moving away from the patterns, environments, and support structures that kept you from living in the fullness God intended. As the discussion points out, “I’m taking you off this system… this way of doing things.”
The challenge is clear: don’t just get up; take what once held you and carry it out. True freedom requires both the miracle and the movement. When Jesus says “take,” obedience is the bridge to a completely new life.
