" . . . 'Do you want to be made well?' "
At first glance, Christ's question of a man who had been infirm for 38 years seems almost ludicrous. But the simple fact is that it cannot be assumed that people *really* *want* to be made well. There is a certain perverse "security" in infirmity that sinners rest in. Health implies fuller and greater responsibilities. Most people are quite content being dead in sin, and bound for hell.
But this is not an option for the redeemed churchmen of God. We are to desire life; and to be willing to live it to the full. Only in Jesus is this possible; but, so long as we abide in Him, it is also inevitable.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Fulfill your course with joy; for we take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience." --Samuel Rutherford, from "Letters of Samuel Rutherford"]
