Do you want to become well?
“When Jesus noticed him lying there helpless, knowing that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, “Do you want to become well: Are you really in earnest about getting well?” John 5:6 AMP
Sure, I want to get well! Jesus seems to ask a rhetorical question here, but maybe, He isn’t. As the Amplified Bible quotes here, are we truly earnest about His healing touch.
Honestly, I went years where I truly don’t think I wanted to be well. I liked my stuff, my issues more than I liked the thought of being free. Would the Holy Spirit be enough to satisfy? Laughable and tragic all at the same time. Yet, I was destroying myself, my walk with the Lord, and hurting my family.
Self-pity. That can be the culprit of us not letting the Holy Spirit dig deep in us to set us free. We are comfortable in this zip code even if it looks and feels like hell. Nevertheless, freedom is oh-so worth whatever we may have to face to get there. Jesus will walk us through it all to real living.
Yes, Lord. I want to become well.