The man had been coming to the poolside for 38 years. For 38 years he had dragged his crippled body to the waters, hoping to be healed. The belief was that when the water was stirred, the first one into the pool would be cured. The man never got into the pool first. By the time he had lugged his lifeless limbs to the edge of the water, someone had been there first. Jesus asks the man a question. It seems a question with such an obvious answer it need not even be asked & “Do you want to get well?” Actually, it’s one of the deepest questions we have to deal with. There are so many promises available to us, on this side of Easter. There is so much power by which we are enabled to live. And yet most of us are still crippled, limping along in a shuffling faith. And Jesus asks the question of us & “Do you want to get well?” Because the truth is & most of us choose our weaknesses. And Jesus invites us to ask for so much more.
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The man had been coming to the poolside for 38 years. For 38 years he had dragged his crippled body to the waters, hoping to be healed. The belief was that when the water was stirred, the first one into the pool would be cured. The man never got into the pool first. By the time he had lugged his lifeless limbs to the edge of the water, someone had been there first. Jesus asks the man a question. It seems a question with such an obvious answer it need not even be asked & “Do you want to get well?” Actually, it’s one of the deepest questions we have to deal with. There are so many promises available to us, on this side of Easter. There is so much power by which we are enabled to live. And yet most of us are still crippled, limping along in a shuffling faith. And Jesus asks the question of us & “Do you want to get well?” Because the truth is & most of us choose our weaknesses. And Jesus invites us to ask for so much more.
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