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Written by Mark Brazee

"And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, 'Wilt thou be made whole?' The impotent man answered him, 'Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me'" (John 5:5-8).

Jesus walked directly to the man and asked, "Is it your will to be healed?"

The man replied, "But I have no man…."

That was this man's first problem. He was looking to man. In other words, he was saying, "Yes, I'd like to be healed, but I can't. I'm too slow. I've been here too long. I don't have any friends. No one will help me, so I can't be healed."

Apparently, some of the sick around the pool were prosperous enough to hire a man to stay with them. When the water was troubled, the hired man would pick up the sick person, run to the pool, and put him in the pool. And if that person was first, he'd be healed. But evidently this crippled man didn't have any money, because he told Jesus, "I have no man."

We must not make the mistake this man did by keeping our eyes on what we lack. We have a man—the Man Jesus—and in Him there is no lack. If we focus on what we don't have, we miss our answer when it stands before us.

When you look to man, you will always be sadly disappointed. Some believers even go to a specific healing evangelist, expecting him to heal them. But no man can heal anyone.

Regardless of what kind of anointing someone operates in, no man is a healer. Jesus alone is the healer. So trust in Him alone for your healing. Jesus is all you need!

Confession:
I focus my spiritual eyes on Jesus, with whom there is
no lack. No man is my healer—Jesus is my healer!
Source: 365 Days of Healing by Mark Brazee
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers