I Have No One to Help me!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
One day as the king of Israel was walking along the wall of the city, a woman called to him, “Please help me, my lord the king!”“If the Lord doesn’t help you, what can I do?” he retorted. “I have neither food nor wine to give you
2Kings 6:26-27
One may only wonder the kind of excuses people give for not having results as they ought to in whatever they do. Excuses that people give range from having no sponsor, for instance to help them get to school, or not having no capital to start up a business that they are convinced will change their level and status, some others say ‘If only I was born into an influential family….’ The list is endless.
But the truth is that, irrespective of the reason that you may have for not getting results, someone somewhere has overcome the very same obstacle and in spite of it, has succeeded.
The story of a man that was in a particular condition for 38 years comes to mind. This man had been lame for that long and still does not really know what he wanted even when face to face with solution. Let us go through the story together;
Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.
Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered
But the truth is that, irrespective of the reason that you may have for not getting results, someone somewhere has overcome the very same obstacle and in spite of it, has succeeded.
The story of a man that was in a particular condition for 38 years comes to mind. This man had been lame for that long and still does not really know what he wanted even when face to face with solution. Let us go through the story together;
Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.
Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered
porches. Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the
porches. One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. When
Jesus saw him and knew how long he had been ill, he asked him, “Would you like
to get well?”
“I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to help me into the pool when
“I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to help me into the pool when
the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get there, someone else always gets
in ahead of me.”
Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your sleeping mat, and walk!”
Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up the mat and began walking! But this
Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up the mat and began walking! But this
miracle happened on the Sabbath day.
John 5: 1 – 9 (NLT)
One may want to ask why the Jesus still had to ask such a seemingly obvious question “Would you like to get well” especially because the man had been there for 38 painful years. Please note that your situation will not only change because you have been there for long but until you know what to do and do it.
“Situations don’t change with time but with the knowledge of the truth”
Do you know that the meaning of the pool where he had been for 38 long years BETHESDA means house of pity or mercy? How often have you been waiting or wasting in a place only wishing somebody could pity you and give you a dash or say a kind word of pity.
“Those who wait to be pitied end their journey in a pit”
Lessons from the story
Know what you really need
Kids can be very funny. They desire things that they don’t really need. A kid can even ask the father to buy a car or a plane on his way back home from work notwithstanding whether the father has never boarded a flight before. They just desire anything that comes to their mind.
This situation paints the picture of many grown up adults. When you ask them what they need, they begin to tell you their wants or even the reason why they have not been able to achieve their desires. That was what the lame man did. When he was asked if he wanted to be well, he said he can’t because he has no man to help him. The simple answer to Jesus’ question should have been, Yes, I want to be well. Needs are generally necessities- things you cannot do without while your wants are wishes or things that you would like to have but can still do without at least for now. Can you really do without that car or house or iPod or PDA or laptop for now. If you can, then they are merely wants. Focus on needs- family, joy, peace, God and then a job, house or accommodation, tuition.. and those other things that makes your living incomplete.
Be Prepared before Opportunity comes
Many misuse or lose opportunities because they are not actually ready for it. A survey showed that over 90 percent of money lottery or jackpot winners squander it within 10-12months and go back to their previous life-style of poverty. The simple reason attributable to that is that they did not really work for it and were not expecting it.
Are you really planning or preparing before that life changing opportunity will come your way? You need a job, but have you gotten the additional professional qualifications or something to distinguish you from others? You need a life partner that is cool or God fearing (like many will say), but will you really like to marry who talks, behaves, thinks or just like you? Can you marry you?
The man at the pool even after 38 years was not really prepared for the opportunity because if he did, Jesus shouldn’t have met him there- the angel of God that stirs the water annually should have met him right inside the water!
“Preparation precedes Manifestation”
Never Give an excuse for your failure
The same limitations that stop some were the same that others went through to succeed. An excuse can be given for just anything but anytime you find an excuse for not doing something refuse to use it.
“Never use an excuse even if you have one”
Failure is not a new thing, people can fail anytime. Great businessmen make mistakes and even geniuses miscalculate but that does not make them failures. A failure is one who refuses stand after a fall or one who has found a reason not to try again after failing. Only babies give excuse, matured minds accept responsibility by analyzing situations and learning from past mistakes and then move on.
The last part of that story was that the man at the pool was healed on a Sabbath day, which according to the Jewish laws a man should not have been healed or made to pick up sleeping mats. But Jesus deliberately told him to do so because He wanted to prove that there is no excuse strong enough to keep him there. You have no excuse to fail! Jesus had an excuse for not healing the man, but did not use it.
We are all faced with equal opportunities every waking moment but only few make the most of it. Remember, you must define your needs, then be prepared before the opportunity comes and then grasp the opportunity in spite of the obstacles disregarding the excuses. Actually it was the man’s excuse that prompted the title of this post ‘I have no one to help me!’ You don’t need the connection of any man to get to where God wants for you because the greatest of men is still limited.
Get connected with the limitless God and He will connect you with those who matter to your destiny.
Accept Jesus as your Lord and saviour. Forsake your sinful ways and you’ll get on-line.
Remember, there is no excuse strong enough for you not to achieve your dreams in 2009.
Shalom!
John 5: 1 – 9 (NLT)
One may want to ask why the Jesus still had to ask such a seemingly obvious question “Would you like to get well” especially because the man had been there for 38 painful years. Please note that your situation will not only change because you have been there for long but until you know what to do and do it.
“Situations don’t change with time but with the knowledge of the truth”
Do you know that the meaning of the pool where he had been for 38 long years BETHESDA means house of pity or mercy? How often have you been waiting or wasting in a place only wishing somebody could pity you and give you a dash or say a kind word of pity.
“Those who wait to be pitied end their journey in a pit”
Lessons from the story
Know what you really need
Kids can be very funny. They desire things that they don’t really need. A kid can even ask the father to buy a car or a plane on his way back home from work notwithstanding whether the father has never boarded a flight before. They just desire anything that comes to their mind.
This situation paints the picture of many grown up adults. When you ask them what they need, they begin to tell you their wants or even the reason why they have not been able to achieve their desires. That was what the lame man did. When he was asked if he wanted to be well, he said he can’t because he has no man to help him. The simple answer to Jesus’ question should have been, Yes, I want to be well. Needs are generally necessities- things you cannot do without while your wants are wishes or things that you would like to have but can still do without at least for now. Can you really do without that car or house or iPod or PDA or laptop for now. If you can, then they are merely wants. Focus on needs- family, joy, peace, God and then a job, house or accommodation, tuition.. and those other things that makes your living incomplete.
Be Prepared before Opportunity comes
Many misuse or lose opportunities because they are not actually ready for it. A survey showed that over 90 percent of money lottery or jackpot winners squander it within 10-12months and go back to their previous life-style of poverty. The simple reason attributable to that is that they did not really work for it and were not expecting it.
Are you really planning or preparing before that life changing opportunity will come your way? You need a job, but have you gotten the additional professional qualifications or something to distinguish you from others? You need a life partner that is cool or God fearing (like many will say), but will you really like to marry who talks, behaves, thinks or just like you? Can you marry you?
The man at the pool even after 38 years was not really prepared for the opportunity because if he did, Jesus shouldn’t have met him there- the angel of God that stirs the water annually should have met him right inside the water!
“Preparation precedes Manifestation”
Never Give an excuse for your failure
The same limitations that stop some were the same that others went through to succeed. An excuse can be given for just anything but anytime you find an excuse for not doing something refuse to use it.
“Never use an excuse even if you have one”
Failure is not a new thing, people can fail anytime. Great businessmen make mistakes and even geniuses miscalculate but that does not make them failures. A failure is one who refuses stand after a fall or one who has found a reason not to try again after failing. Only babies give excuse, matured minds accept responsibility by analyzing situations and learning from past mistakes and then move on.
The last part of that story was that the man at the pool was healed on a Sabbath day, which according to the Jewish laws a man should not have been healed or made to pick up sleeping mats. But Jesus deliberately told him to do so because He wanted to prove that there is no excuse strong enough to keep him there. You have no excuse to fail! Jesus had an excuse for not healing the man, but did not use it.
We are all faced with equal opportunities every waking moment but only few make the most of it. Remember, you must define your needs, then be prepared before the opportunity comes and then grasp the opportunity in spite of the obstacles disregarding the excuses. Actually it was the man’s excuse that prompted the title of this post ‘I have no one to help me!’ You don’t need the connection of any man to get to where God wants for you because the greatest of men is still limited.
Get connected with the limitless God and He will connect you with those who matter to your destiny.
Accept Jesus as your Lord and saviour. Forsake your sinful ways and you’ll get on-line.
Remember, there is no excuse strong enough for you not to achieve your dreams in 2009.
Shalom!
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