Do You Want To Get Well?

“One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 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?’” - John 5:5-6


When the question is posed the way Jesus said it, it would sound silly to say anything but “yes, I want to get well.” But for many, our actions actually would say, “No, I’m not happy, but I just want to continue to live this way.”

We get so accustomed to our situation that we tell ourselves that it is impossible to get our of it. We have lived this way for so long that we might as well continue to live this way. We the shackles on ourselves because it’s the easy way out of no accountability. We pray for freedom, but when Jesus opens our prison door, we willingly walk back into it and shut ourselves in.

Do you want to get well? Jesus wants you to get well. But it is a choice you must make for yourself. No one can make it for you. What Jesus told the man next was important. In verse 8, “Jesus said to him, ‘Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.’” and “At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.”

He was cured of his own psychological bondage. But first, he had to get up and walk. What do you need to get up from today? What do you need to leave behind and move on from today? Are you ready? Jesus can help you change it all. It all changed for this man, and it can for you too. The question is do you want it to change? Do you want to get well?