The One Called “Praise”
“As Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed. Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed!” Immediately he arose. All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.” (Acts 9:32-35 WEB)
I like to study names in the Bible.
Lydda means “a standing pool”, while Aeneas means “praise”.
A standing pool reminds us of the time that Jesus healed the crippled man at the Pool of Bethesda.
There were many people at the pool, waiting for an angel to come and stir the waters. Whoever got into pool first when that happened, would be healed.
So in Lydda (a standing pool), the crippled one called “praise” received his healing when he heard and believed Peter’s words.
This miracle almost mirrored the one that Jesus did. It just reinforces the truth that under Grace, it is no longer about how capable you are to earn God’s favor through the works of the Law.
“Faith, then, is birthed in a heart that responds to God’s anointed utterance of the Anointed One.” (Romans 10:17 TPT)
The one who experiences God’s power is he or she who hears the rhema word of Christ (what Jesus is saying now through the Holy Spirit) and has faith in the name of Jesus Christ.
“He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and does miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith? Even as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.” Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham.” (Galatians 3:5-7 WEB)
When you are feeling faithless and unbelieving, a session of praising and worshipping Jesus combined with hearing the Gospel can reignite faith for you to receive miracles.
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