Stand up and Walk

  Near the pool of Bethesda at Jerusalem, Jesus found a man who had been lying paralysed for thirty-eight years waiting to be taken into the water first after an angel had stirred it up.

Having asked the patient if he wanted to be healed, Christ told the man to stand up, take up his bed and walk! Indeed, the paralytic stood up and walked away!

It was not as easy. To rise and walk, the ill man had to believe that he could do it. Second, he had to act. These are the two ingredients to his healing; indeed, to solving personal problems. It is about what happens to us and how we react.

To start with, this shows that in this world, one needs to stand up to his challenges and 'walk', just like what that patient had to do. There is no shortcut. Friends and relatives are there but their help is not obvious. You are bound to be left alone at one time or another in life so that you stand 'up and walk' without anyone supporting you.

Such is life. When faced with problems, our response usually becomes the bigger problem. For example, one man a few years ago jumped into a river after throwing his seven-year-old daughter into the water, just because he had quarrelled with his wife!

Yes, the man had a problem; differences with his wife. But killing his daughter and suicide were bigger problems. Certainly, in life, we will face problems daily. What matters is walking as he walked; believing that each problem can be solved and acting.

Hopelessness when facing challenges should not be one's way of life. Rather belief that every problem has a solution and acting are what need to be embraced.

When we believe that each problem can be solved and act, that way we will be walking as Christ walked. For he did not fail to solve a single problem when he walked on this earth.

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