Monday, April 4, 2011

4th Week of Lent, Tuesday, 05-04-11

Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 / John 5:1-3, 5-16     (2019)

Some questions are difficult to answer, especially when the answer required has to be a "Yes" or "No".

In answering these questions, we reveal quite a bit about ourselves, about our convictions, about our expectations.

In the gospel, when Jesus asked the sick man "Do you want to be well again?" his answer tells us about his convictions and his hope and maybe even about his faith.

He was convinced about the healing powers of the waters when it was disturbed, but yet at the same time, he did not expect to receive it, simply because no one helped him to get to the water in time.

So his answer was a typical "Yes, but, you know ...", and followed by the "Ifs" and the "Maybes".

Jesus is asking us to be convinced about what He can do for us. No Ifs or Buts or Maybes.

As we pray and reflect on the Word of God, the question of our faith in Jesus will come up again and again.

Yet the question of faith is to help us come to a slow but sure and certain conviction of who Jesus is on our lives.

We may hesitate, we may even stop for a while in our journey of faith because of our doubts.

But let us remember that Jesus won't give up on us.

He will certainly help us; we only need to give Him a convicted "Yes".