The power of God never dispenses with the effort of man.
Jesus encounters the man, the invalid who had been waiting for 38 years to be set in the pool in hopes of being healed.
Jesus asks him a question, the man realizes his helplessness, then Jesus tells him what to do.
"Do you want to be made well?"
"Sir, I have no one to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am on my way, someone else gets down there before me."
Jesus responded, "Rise, take up your mat, and walk!"
The three stages who wellness are illustrated in this passage: encounter with Jesus, recognition of helplessness, responding to what Jesus demands with much effort and desire.
Jesus commanded the man to do what seemed impossible, to get up and walk. The man, rather than react with resentment and wallowing in self-pity set his might on doing the will of God along with Christ.
Here is the road to achievement: intensity of desire, determination to make an effort, trust in the power of Christ and thus we can conquer what for the longest time had conquered us.
Jesus reveals himself as the true wellness center.
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