Let Heaven Stir The Waters

“In these porticoes lay a great number of people who were sick, blind, lame, withered, [waiting for the stirring of the water; for an angel of the Lord went down into the pool at appointed seasons and stirred up the water; the first one to go in after the water was stirred was healed of his disease.]”
(John 5:3–4, AMP)

The Waters Are Stirring Again

Today’s verse comes from one of my favourite moments in the life of Jesus. Bethesda is crowded with human limitation—sickness, disappointment, delay—yet pulsing with expectation. People gathered because, at appointed times, heaven touched earth. An angel stirred the waters, and the impossible became possible. Hope had a timetable. Mercy had momentum.

Some Bible translations place verse 4 above in the footnotes, cautious about its manuscript history. I remember the first time I noticed this in my New International Version. I sensed the Spirit whisper, “Don’t put the supernatural in the footnotes.” Whether translators are right to be cautious isn’t my point. The deeper issue is that many believers have become cautious about the supernatural itself, and some prefer to “hide” some aspects of their faith in the footnotes of their lives.

But if you read the Bible cover to cover the verdict is clear: our God is not natural—He is SUPERnatural. The dead are raised (John 11:43–44). Multitudes are healed (Matthew 4:23–24). Fire falls from heaven (1 Kings 18:38). Donkeys talk (Numbers 22:28). Virgins conceive (Luke 1:34–35). Glory shines (Exodus 34:29). Our Saviour rises from the dead, walks through walls, appears and disappears, and empowers His followers with His own Spirit (John 20:19–22; Acts 1:8).

So why do so many Bible-believing Christians not expect the God of the Bible to invade their lives with the same power we find in its pages?

Sometimes we make the supernatural a footnote—an awkward add-on. Tongues, healing, angels, prophecy, divine alignment—important, but quietly tucked away so we don’t appear too intense or inconvenient. Yet right now, in the midst of a quiet revival, the world is searching for the mystical—for something more. Politics can’t save. Science can’t resurrect. But our God still sends angels, still conquers darkness with light, still offers a Saviour who defeats death and promises resurrection hope (1 Corinthians 15:54–57).

So let’s keep angels stirring waters in the main text of our lives. Let dreams from heaven interrupt our sleep. Let healing happen on a Monday and spiritual warfare on a Wednesday. Let divine conversations, prophetic insight, God-incidences, kairos moments, open heavens, and signs and wonders be normal Christianity (Acts 2:17–19). Let’s believe for wonders in the workplace, signs at our schools and healing in our homes!

Raise your expectation today. Your supernatural God is with you. At appointed times, He still stirs the waters. Angels surround you (Psalm 34:7). As you fast and pray, heaven wars on your behalf in unseen realms, releasing breakthrough for your family, healing for your body, wisdom for your mind, and victory for your church (Daniel 10:12–13).

Believe for a future marked by more glory, not less. The end is that “The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord” (Habakkuk 2:14). So let’s be a generation that refuses to consign God’s power to the footnotes—choosing instead to live in the bold, living, supernatural main body of our daily faith.

Believe & Confess Meditation & Declaration

I declare that the same power that raised Jesus from the dead is alive in me, energising my body and my calling (Romans 8:11). I believe that my God does immeasurably more than all I ask or imagine according to His power at work within me (Ephesians 3:20). I confess that angels are ministering on my behalf as an heir of salvation (Hebrews 1:14). I receive healing and restoration because Jesus bore my sickness and pain (Isaiah 53:5). I walk in divine appointments and God-ordained moments prepared for me today (Psalm 37:23). I expect signs and wonders to accompany my life as I believe and speak in faith (Mark 16:17–18).

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