RIse Up and Walk

In the movie “Hitch” the leading man (character) is called Hitch and is being played by Will Smith and he makes this statement… “Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it's the moments that take your breath away.”

For this man at the pool of Bethesda, for 14,600 days, not including leap years… that would be another 9.5 days…had been taking breaths each day, watching and waiting for his chance to get into the pool when the water would be stirred by an angel… But on this day, after those days, he finds himself having a moment that took his breath away… and was healed.  

This man at the Pool of Bethesda laid there in a life situation for him was not going to get any better, regardless of what he believed would happen.   There were too many people at the pool in the first place to make any different.  People with various infirmities… all looking for a chance, an opportunity to be healed, when the water was troubled. 

This man had seen others with some help when the pool became troubled that were able to get them into the pool, but according to the text had no one to help him if and when the water would become troubled. 

But all in a day, all in an instant, all in a moment of time all in a chance encounter with Jesus, all in the wildest of dreams, when things seemed all be lost, something happen and it happen because Jesus showed up in this man’s life.  From my front pouch, Jesus does not only show up in public places, but also in on your street, your front pouch, living room and in your secret closet. 

I do not know what comes first in your life, but you are either going to embrace where you are in your life or embrace what will come, all because you have allowed the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings and the good shepherd into your life. For when Jesus comes, a change is going to come into your life…”it’s the moments that take your breath away.” 

And every moment with Jesus… is awesome.