Do You Want To Be Healed?
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John 5:6 The Context: In Jerusalem one day, Jesus visited the Sheep Gate pool where people with physical ailments gathered hoping to get into the water to be miraculously healed. Apparently only the first ones in the water got healed. Jesus approached a man who He knew had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
God Asks Us: When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?”
JNE: The question seems silly since the answer seems so very obvious. The man didn’t really answer the question but explained to Jesus that he had no one to help him get into the pool when the miraculous stirring began and when he finally struggled to get in someone else had beat him and the miraculous stirring stopped.
Could it be that God is very interested in not just the brief statement of our needs and desires but in the relationship that is built by our full description of them. God knows everything but He longs to have us share the details with Him. To God, and it should be with us, the relationship is even more important than the healing. The way I ask God for help reveals whether I selfishly want simple help, or, hopefully want His kind, powerful and present help. There is a difference. Try conversing with God about why you want His help. You may get a pleasant surprise.
John 5:6 The Context: In Jerusalem one day, Jesus visited the Sheep Gate pool where people with physical ailments gathered hoping to get into the water to be miraculously healed. Apparently only the first ones in the water got healed. Jesus approached a man who He knew had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
God Asks Us: When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?”
JNE: The question seems silly since the answer seems so very obvious. The man didn’t really answer the question but explained to Jesus that he had no one to help him get into the pool when the miraculous stirring began and when he finally struggled to get in someone else had beat him and the miraculous stirring stopped.
Could it be that God is very interested in not just the brief statement of our needs and desires but in the relationship that is built by our full description of them. God knows everything but He longs to have us share the details with Him. To God, and it should be with us, the relationship is even more important than the healing. The way I ask God for help reveals whether I selfishly want simple help, or, hopefully want His kind, powerful and present help. There is a difference. Try conversing with God about why you want His help. You may get a pleasant surprise.