THERE IS A LIFTING UP

Luke 13:10

“And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.  And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.   And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.” 

The bible says this woman was bowed down, bent over completely, so much that she could not even look up or lift up herself, in other words she was cast down. Jesus said “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity” these words of Jesus had power and was enough to heal her, but then the bible says He laid hands on her and immediately she was made straight (she could look upwards. Amp) This woman could not help herself; she needed the divine hand of God to lift her up.

Ps. 18 vs. 35 “Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.  Thou hast enlarged my steps under §me that my feet did not slip. 

If our feet slips we fall, but God’s hand holds us up, His hand will come into play and make things happen so that, what would ordinarily cause a casting down would not affect us, instead of slipping, we will be standing strong. 

Why are we going to experience this lifting? In Lk.13 vs. 14 “And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?   And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? 

So far as this woman was a daughter of Abraham, she was qualified to be lifted up. We are all children of Abraham and it is our God-given inheritance to experience a lifting. The bible says “if we be Christ’s then are we Abraham’s seed, and as Abraham’s seed it is our portion that when men are experiencing drought, we would have plenty, that at destruction and famine we shall laugh, we shall be promoted, we shall be lifted up. You shall be lifted up. So say to the devil, do not rejoice over me, because though I fall I shall yet rise again! It is not over until you win!