John 5: 6 & 8
- Do you want to get well?... Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.
John 5:1-9 tell the story of the invalid who sat by the well. This man sat by a well for 38 years hoping, that when the water was stirred, he would be the first one in and be cured. But not until Jesus comes along is he healed. Jesus asks him the most peculiar question, but at the same time the one with the most obvious answer: "Do you want to get well?"
Of course the man wants to get well! He's been sitting beside the same well for 38 years, unable to care for himself, and all he wants is a normal life... But I don't think Jesus' question means as little as we think it does (as his questions hardly ever do). I think Jesus asked this question directing it to everyone else who lived or would ever live. As he asked this man, he also asks us if we want to get better.
Our obvious answer is yes, because we are outwardly hurting... However, the way Jesus phrases his question gives it a spiritual pause at the end. As if he is saying, wait! Think about your answer... See what he is asking is not if you want your physical ailments to be healed, but your spiritual ones. He is asking if we are truly ready to let go of the world and let him heal us of our sin.
How does he heal us? Just like he told the man: Get up! Pick up you mat and walk. So that is what we must do. Quit complaining and having ourselves a pity party. I must get up, brush off my sin, walk to Jesus and never look back!
So are we ready? Are we truly ready to be rid of ALL our sin and never look back?
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