Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Cast thy bread upon the waters:
for thou shalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to
eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If the clouds
be full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the tree fall
toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth,
there it shall be. 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that
regardeth the clouds shall not reap. 5 As thou knowest not what [is] the way of
the spirit, [nor] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with
child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. 6 In the
morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou
knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both
[shall be] alike good. Ecclesiastes Chapter 11 verses 1 to 6.
To keep your life on hold is to fritter time away waiting for Godot
who never shows up anyway before taking decisions; before acting, implementing,
carrying out divine tasks which should move you forward in life. It is akin to
waiting at the pool in Bethsaida for someone to give you a helping hand. Of
course, that benevolent someone did not show up for thirty eight years;
sufficient time to raise children who would in turn be raising their own
children thereby making you a grandparent; more than sufficient time to build
businesses which generate millions to billions; more than sufficient time to
build ministries that are transforming lives across the nations; more than
sufficient time be a blessing to humanity.
Beloved, the character who spent days and months waiting for Godot was
appalled that Godot never showed up. Somehow, he was like the sick man at the
pool in Bethsaida who stayed sick for thirty eight years because he was waiting
for someone who would put him in the water when the angel stirred the water.
Ways in which the enemy can make you keep your life on hold
Always waiting for someone to do for you what you can do for yourself
as in the case of the lame man at the pool in Bethsaida. For thirty eight
years, he was waiting for a benevolent someone who would offer to put him in
the water.
Beloved, thirty eight years is plenty of time to strategize on how to
get into the pool on his own or hire someone to do it for him. You could say
that he lacked the resources to pay the person. How about negotiating servitude
for a while to pay off for the services after he was made whole? Beloved, the
bitter but painful truth is that the man at the pool had gotten accustomed to a
certain lifestyle at the pool – the lifestyle of giving excuses – the lifestyle
of after all, we are all one of a kind here – sick people with diverse ailments
– so why bother to move up the ladder and get whole; and away from Bethsaida to
be in the company of healthy people making a living and prospering? This I
believe was why Jesus asked him to take up his mat and leave that environment.
The physical ailment was no longer the man’s ailment or challenge. His ailment
was deconstructing the negative mindset of having no one to help him and
therefore making no efforts, no attempts to lift himself out of that condition.
He had gotten into a rut mentally and would have remained in that rut if Jesus
had not showed up to deliver him from the lie of the enemy.
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