You May Not Want To Be Healed

                                                      When The Door Slams 

Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to be made well?"                                             John 5:5-6  

        Jesus asked a man a question that appears to have had an obvious answer! He came upon a man who had been lame for thirty-eight years and who was sitting beside a pool of healing water. Jesus asked him if he wanted to be healed. Why would Jesus ask such an obvious question? Perhaps the answer was not so clear. Bartimaeus was blind, yet when he cried out for Jesus to have mercy on him, Jesus asked "What do  you want Me to do for you?" (Mark 10:51). 

        It would have seemed apparent that the foremost concern of a blind person would be to receive sight. There were times, however, when Jesus considered it important for people to express in words their need and specifically when asking Him for healing them.

        Think about this: Just because we are spiritually sick, or just because we are near a place of healing, does not necessarily mean we want to be made well. We may attend church regularly, but choose to remain in our sinful state of mind. Our generation has taken many of the activities that the Bible identifies as sin and labeled them as addictions or character flaws or the result of an abusive upbringing. We act as if having an addiction or just lying, is sufficient excuse for disobeying God's commands. As true Christians, we are no longer helpless victims of our sin. There is no sinful habit or past hurt that is beyond the healing touch of our Lord. 

        You may have gone for years without receiving spiritual healing. You may have become comfortable in your sin. It maybe hard for you to obey God's Word, because you may not want to be healed. God is capable of freeing you, if you really want to receive spiritual healing, God can give it today, right now. He wants you to ask Him.  

May I trust in the Lord and do good; may I dwell in the land and feed on Your faithfulness. When I delight myself in the Lord, You will give me the desires of my heart. I will commit my way to the Lord and trust in You, and You will bring it to pass. You will bring forth my righteousness like the light, and my justice like the noonday. May I rest in the Lord and wait patiently for You; I will not fret because of him who prospers in his way, with the man who practices evil schemes (Psalm 37:3-7).  

Ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart and reveal any areas of unconfessed sin. Acknowledge these to the Lord God and thank Him for His forgiveness.

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