Written by
Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for
the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. Psalm 102 verse 13.
Do you want to be
made well; get well? Please read John Chapter 5 verses 1 to 9, note verse 6 for
details of what prompted Jesus Christ to ask this question.
Jesus Christ
broke and destroyed the limitations of waiting indefinitely, usually over a
period of time for the moving of the water; considering that only one person
usually the first to step into the water got healed. So the other people
described as a great multitude of lame, impotent, etc who could not step in
immediately the water was stirred by an angel kept waiting; for yet another
move by the angel. The wait was such that no one there knew exactly when they
could get in which explains why the man who was healed by Jesus Christ spent
thirty eight long years at the pool; waiting for the moving of the water, as
well as anyone who could come to his aid and drop him in the water when the
water was moved.
Fortunately for
him, Jesus showed up and broke with tradition. The man did not have to wait for
the moving of the water because the Creator of the water as well as the angel
who stirred the water was there to make the man whole without the man stepping
into the water. At His word, His spoken word and sent word which always
accomplishes divine purpose, the man was healed and freed from the limitation
of waiting endlessly.
