Do You Want To Be Well

There once was a man who was crippled from birth. In his hometown, there was a pool that had mystical healing powers. At certain times of the year, an angel would descend from heaven and stir the waters. Whoever was the first one to enter the waters was healed of their infirmities. Whenever the angel would descend and stir the waters, someone else would get into the pool before this man had a chance. After many times of missing his healing, the man became discouraged.
One day, this man was sitting near the pool. The time was approaching that the angel would stir the waters. Yet, there was no one around that would help the man into the pool. As he was lying there, a figure approached him and asked, “Do you want to be well?”
That question should give anyone a moment to pause and think. The man was crippled from birth and wanted to be healed. Yet, the figure asked him if he wanted to be healed. There was a reason behind the question.
The figure was Jesus. This account can be found in John 5. Because the man could not get into the pool to be healed, Jesus was willing to heal the man, if he truly wanted to be healed. Jesus knew that healing this man would cause a significant life change. The way he lived would be severely altered. Everything this man knew would be changed.
The same goes with everyone. Everyone has an infirmity in his or her life. This infirmity is sin. This infirmity has been with us so long that it has become a major part of our lives. The way we live our life is centered on our infirmity.
Jesus wants to come to you to help make you well. He wants to take away the sin that is running rampant in your life. He knows that it will cause a major life change. No longer will you do the things that you once did. No longer will you want to live the life that you have become comfortable. You will have to leave what is comfortable and known, and go into something that is unknown. Everything that you have become used to and familiar with will be no more. You will become a new creation in Christ, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV).
As a new creation, you will see changes almost immediately. Your attitude will change. Your desires will change. You will be a new person; a person that is no longer confined to the sin that held you back. Life will have a new brighter purpose. Your perspective will change away from self and into others. The sin in your life will be gone and you will be free.
Jesus is coming to you with a simple question, “Do you want to be well?” What will your answer be.