What do you want?
Last week, God reminded me something. He reminded me how when I really desire to do good, He is faithful to provide all the resources to meet that desire. I had a deep desire to do something for a church sister of mine, but my finances weren’t being favourable. I went ahead and made all arrangements, prepared to spend my last in order to do this good deed. On the morning of the day I was planning to go shopping, God provided, with more than what I needed. I ended up not spending my last.
I realized after all this that there are so many things we plan to do, and things we claim we want to do but just don’t have enough time, or money, or skill. We postpone and put them off for some unknown time in the future. But one thing this year has thought me, having buried two church members since it began, is that time belongs to no man. If I really want to, I will, regardless of time or money. If it is a good desire, God will grant me what I need to bring it to pass.
Take that man in John 5 for example. I know numerous sermons have been preached on him, but God’s Word doesn’t have an expiry date.
“When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, ‘Do you want to get well?’” (verse 6)
One person would say ‘well that’s a dumb question to ask, if he’s sick and there, he obviously wants to be healed’. But Jesus asked knowing all too well what time can do to a heart in need. Ever found yourself saying something for so long that it turned into a habit and got to a point where you were saying it but not really believing what you were saying? That was the case with me furthering my studies. Ever since I finished my degree, I’ve been singing the song of doing my honours. And when I finally registered this year, I realized how much time I had wasted waiting for money God already had. All I needed to do was want it enough.
So this man had been at this pool for 38 years and when Jesus gets there all he wants to know is if he wants to be healed. The man answers a question that wasn’t asked, telling Jesus how he has been trying but someone always beat him to it. Excuses, excuses, excuses. That’s one thing I’m very good at. I’ve got reasons and excuses for everything I do and don’t do. Reading about this man made me realize just how much time we waste of our lives simply because we don’t want something as much as we say we do. Postponing it to two, five, ten years from now doesn’t make much of a difference because God will be then what He already is now. So, what do you want and exactly how much do you want it?
I realized after all this that there are so many things we plan to do, and things we claim we want to do but just don’t have enough time, or money, or skill. We postpone and put them off for some unknown time in the future. But one thing this year has thought me, having buried two church members since it began, is that time belongs to no man. If I really want to, I will, regardless of time or money. If it is a good desire, God will grant me what I need to bring it to pass.
Take that man in John 5 for example. I know numerous sermons have been preached on him, but God’s Word doesn’t have an expiry date.
“When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, ‘Do you want to get well?’” (verse 6)
One person would say ‘well that’s a dumb question to ask, if he’s sick and there, he obviously wants to be healed’. But Jesus asked knowing all too well what time can do to a heart in need. Ever found yourself saying something for so long that it turned into a habit and got to a point where you were saying it but not really believing what you were saying? That was the case with me furthering my studies. Ever since I finished my degree, I’ve been singing the song of doing my honours. And when I finally registered this year, I realized how much time I had wasted waiting for money God already had. All I needed to do was want it enough.
So this man had been at this pool for 38 years and when Jesus gets there all he wants to know is if he wants to be healed. The man answers a question that wasn’t asked, telling Jesus how he has been trying but someone always beat him to it. Excuses, excuses, excuses. That’s one thing I’m very good at. I’ve got reasons and excuses for everything I do and don’t do. Reading about this man made me realize just how much time we waste of our lives simply because we don’t want something as much as we say we do. Postponing it to two, five, ten years from now doesn’t make much of a difference because God will be then what He already is now. So, what do you want and exactly how much do you want it?
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