Jesus once asked an invalid man, “Do you want to be healed?” Of course, Jesus knew the answer to the question, but His question drew out a faulty belief system in the man — a belief system that had likely shaped his life up to this point. Even though he wanted to be healed, he believed in something that would never provide the healing he really wanted, nor the one he really needed.

Once he was physically healed, Jesus admonished him to live as if he was spiritually healed, for the spiritual healing was what he needed the most.

Everyone you know is one of two kinds of people: Someone who needs to be spiritually healed or someone who will continue to need Jesus’ spiritual healing. The question for everyone is, “Do you want to be healed?” The affirmative answer will require a different lifestyle.

Key Text: John 5:1-15