Do You Want to Be Healed?
This stumps me. Why do people talk about their pain, depression, anxiety? They talk and talk and talk, but when you suggest a way for them to get help they get uncomfortably silent and look at you like you are speaking a foreign language.
The apostle John, who Jesus loved very much, tells of a man who had been sick for 37 years that was waiting by the Pool of Bethesda hoping that he might receive a healing from this special pool of water. Many believed that this pool of water had a healing property on special occasions, so a great multitude of sick people lay by the pool waiting for the water to move.
Jesus walked up to this man and asked him a simple question, "Do you want to be made well?"
The man didn't approach Jesus first. He didn't know anything about Jesus. He wasn't looking for or hoping for Him to one day find him and heal him.
Jesus didn't ask this man about his life story. He didn't question whether he had heard about Him or believed in His ability to heal the sick. No, Jesus just asked him a simple question. One that I am tempted to ask many people, "Do you want to be made well? Do you want to be healed?"
Honestly, I think this is the first question any person who is sick needs to answer. It does not matter if the person is physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually sick. What does matter is - are they willing to do what ever it might take to get healed - are they going to take the medication, get the treatment, follow the healer's instructions.
Recently I have had some dear friends share with me their illnesses. I have repeatedly offered them help through a wonderful Doctor, but they don't want to even get the phone number. They have gone to reflexologist that are stumped, family practice doctors that keep telling them nothing is wrong, counselors that talk it over with them, and to anyone that they hope will listen and pray. And yes, they are praying to God. But when I tell them that I know someone (a doctor) that could help them, that I have witnessed their ability through unique techniques to heal so many people, they get quiet.
My question is - "Do you want to be healed?" Is that too hard to answer? Why do people keep doing the same thing over and over to no result but refuse to try something different. It boggles my mind.
Maybe I am a simple-minded person. If I want to be healed I go to the person who is having great success in healing their clients/patients. It just seems to make common sense to me.
Agree or Disagree?
The apostle John, who Jesus loved very much, tells of a man who had been sick for 37 years that was waiting by the Pool of Bethesda hoping that he might receive a healing from this special pool of water. Many believed that this pool of water had a healing property on special occasions, so a great multitude of sick people lay by the pool waiting for the water to move.
Jesus walked up to this man and asked him a simple question, "Do you want to be made well?"
The man didn't approach Jesus first. He didn't know anything about Jesus. He wasn't looking for or hoping for Him to one day find him and heal him.
Jesus didn't ask this man about his life story. He didn't question whether he had heard about Him or believed in His ability to heal the sick. No, Jesus just asked him a simple question. One that I am tempted to ask many people, "Do you want to be made well? Do you want to be healed?"
Honestly, I think this is the first question any person who is sick needs to answer. It does not matter if the person is physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually sick. What does matter is - are they willing to do what ever it might take to get healed - are they going to take the medication, get the treatment, follow the healer's instructions.
Recently I have had some dear friends share with me their illnesses. I have repeatedly offered them help through a wonderful Doctor, but they don't want to even get the phone number. They have gone to reflexologist that are stumped, family practice doctors that keep telling them nothing is wrong, counselors that talk it over with them, and to anyone that they hope will listen and pray. And yes, they are praying to God. But when I tell them that I know someone (a doctor) that could help them, that I have witnessed their ability through unique techniques to heal so many people, they get quiet.
My question is - "Do you want to be healed?" Is that too hard to answer? Why do people keep doing the same thing over and over to no result but refuse to try something different. It boggles my mind.
Maybe I am a simple-minded person. If I want to be healed I go to the person who is having great success in healing their clients/patients. It just seems to make common sense to me.
Agree or Disagree?
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