A Time to Heal

Do You Want To Be Healed?

In the Book of John, Chapter 5 there is a wonderful story about Jesus having a conversation with a crippled man at the pool of Bethesda.  It was said that when the waters in this pool of water stirred they had healing powers so many sick and ill people stayed around the pool, hoping to be first into the water when they moved, hoping for a chance to be healed.

John 5:5-6

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?”
 

What a question to ask someone who has been crippled for thirty-eight years! Why wouldn’t he want to be healed?  Odd question….or is it?

Change and fear of the unknown can be difficult.  It is not always easy to give up control of the things that cripple.  A new sense of normal settles in.  Pain, self-pity, loneliness, and fear somehow become familiar and safe.  Peace is made with the illness and life passes by.

“A familiar captivity is frequently more desirable than an unfamiliar freedom”.  C.S. Lewis

Are you defined by your illness?  Do you have an illness or does your illness have you?  This is an important question to answer because once you have decided to succumb to your illness you stop fully living the life intended for you.  Stay strong, keep fighting and have a desire to be healed. Faith that you can and will be healed comes from placing yourself in the hands of God and trusting Him.

 Do you want to be healed?  Do you REALLY want to be healed?  Are you ready and willing to face the challenges, possibilities and uncertainties that life holds if you are healed?

John 5:7-9

Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”  Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”  At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

If you are ready to accept God’s healing, ask Him.  God heals, gives miracles.

 

This is a step of faith.  It is a move toward God.  You have to want to be healed.