One day Peter and John went up to the temple at the ninth hour, that of prayer.
And there was a man, lame from birth, who was brought and placed daily at the door of the temple called the Beautiful, to beg alms to those who entered the temple. This, seeing Peter and John who were going to enter the temple, asked for alms. Then Peter, together with John, fixing his eyes on him, said: Look at us!
And he looked at them carefully, hoping to receive something from them. But Peter said: I don't have silver or gold, plus what I have, I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, go! And grabbing him by the right hand, he lifted him up; Instantly his feet and ankles gained strength, and he jumped to his feet and walked. He entered the temple with them walking, jumping and praising God.
Acts 1 : 1-8
Dependence on things or people, rob you of the opportunity to develop the divine potential placed by God within you.
Dependence leads us to live in the life of alms, when the source of life is closer to us than we think.
The Bible says that this paralytic "I expected to receive something from them."
Peter said to him: I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the Name of Jesus Christ, Get up and go.
And he jumped ... and entered the temple with them, walking, jumping and praising God.
Do not look at what you do not have, look what you can have.
Do not extend your hand up, but palm down.
Do not believe that if you do not have it you do not achieve it, you achieve it because you do not have it.
God did not make you to sit on the sidewalk, but to enter the Temple, walking, jumping and praising God.
Like this paralytic, there are many sitting at the door of the Temple, but that does not change anything.
REFLECTION.
Many things can paralyze you, but today you can walk.
Do not let loneliness, excuses or dependence on things and people limit you.
God has prepared for you to begin a new stage in your life.
God did not make you with mental, emotional, physical or spiritual paralysis.
Let the greatest miracle of life touch you today.
This is the first day of your life that raises you from a physical, emotional, ministerial or family paralysis to launch yourself into a new horizon where you will see the radiance of the Glory of God in your life. You were made for the heights not to live in the shadows of the valley of the death of your poor and sad paralysis.
Jesus says to you today: Get up, take your bed and walk.