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Do You Want to Get Well?

August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

John 5:6 (New International Version)

When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

What a silly question? Jesus asks a man who had been an invalid for 38 years if he wanted to get well. Of course he wanted to get well. Didn’t he?

Maybe not. That doesn’t make any common sense, but that is all too common. Many of us seem to like being “not well.” Being an invalid in some form physically, emotionally, or spiritually gives us something to discuss. (“You think you have it rough, let me tell you about my life!”)

Three questions come to my mind from Jesus’ question:

  1. Do you like your life? Your self?
  2. Do you want to like your life? Your self?
  3. Do you believe you can like your life? Your self?

I believe God wants us to enjoy our lives. He did sacrifice His Son for us, and that seems like a pretty good indication that He wants us to like something about our lives.

God, help me to like my life and my self. Help me to want to get better. Most of all, help me to want to be well spiritually, to accept the grace You have offered.

Tags: John · New Testament

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