Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, Look at us! Acts 3:4
Here was this man waiting at the gate of the temple. The thing about this man is that when he asked alms of Peter, Peter stopped, and said to him, Look at us. This is very important, because it is right in line with the Jesus whenever he wanted to heal anyone.
He never walked up to someone and just touched him and healed him, without first directing his attention to himself. He always wanted the attention of the person he wanted to heal, he would tell them to focus their gaze on him. The reason is that this arouses a sense of expectation. It always quickens faith. This is what happened here. This man expected to receive something from Peter and John. He did not know what he was going to get, but his faith was quickened by Peter's words. if you are going to receive anything from God. You must expect something from him.
One of the reasons why there are people who attend church but whose lives are hardly any different than when they first came, is that they have never given their attention to God. They have never expected to receive anything when they came. Unfortunately there are those, young and old who turn off their minds when they get into a church service. They start thinking of all kinds of other things, start taking mental trips and playing mental games. I have and the life-changing if the word misses them, passes right by, and they can sit here for years and never be changed.
There are young people who have been raised in church, but who are no different, there's no evidence that God is at work. because they never have heard that word, Look at me, and paid attention. This is why Jesus always said to the crowd he preached to He who has ears, let him hear... (Matthew 11:15) Let him listen.
The minute Peter had this man's attention, he did two things. First, he admitted his bankruptcy-Silver or gold I do not have. That's what you are looking for, but I can't help you there. then demonstrated what he did have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk. In that moment, as this man was looking at Peter and John, and heard these words, at the mention of the name of Jesus something amazing happened. Strength came flowing into his ankles, and Peter, sensing it, took him by the right hand and lifted him up. The man got up and began to leap and shout and jump around, trying out this new found strength in his legs which he had never known, because he was lame from birth.
Gods word for you today is look at him! Fix your eyes on Jesus!
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