“Do you want to be made well?” Jn5:6
The man
was waiting 38 years to be made well. Yet Jesus has the audacity to ask him.
What else would the man want? He tarried at the place where people got healed.
Jesus
question is all encompassing. Are you ready to change your life? Failure can
become a comfort zone. Being irresponsible is easy. There are many that set
themselves up for defeat. They don’t want to win. They love the pity. They love
having the freedom of no one counting on them for anything. If Jesus were
to heal him, the man would have to work, help others and be a contributing part
of society.
Why do
so many adults live at home? Why do drug dealers have nice cloths, cars and
cell phones but freeload off a relative? How is it that our jails are full of
repeat offenders? It is a love of dependence. No baby wants to be weaned off
their mother’s breast. Oh, they will cry. If they are allowed they will never
leave their mother’s milk. Excuses won’t win the day.
Jesus
offers healing. Jesus offers wholeness. Jesus will forgive you, do you want
these things? Are ready to be a giver instead of a taker? Are you ready to
carry your own bed? It is harder. The challenge is there.
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