Do You Want To Be Well?
Jesus sure asked a lot of good questions. He drew them out with questions like:
“What do you seek?” (John 1:38)
“Do you want to get well?” (John 5:6)
“What do you want Me to do for you?” (Mark 10:51)
At the moment, these questions seem unnecessary. Obviously, yes, the blind man wanted to see. Of course, the paralyzed man wanted healing. But Jesus was doing something deeply personal. He was surfacing desire, faith, and honesty.
Take Bartimaeus, the blind beggar in Mark 10. He’s bold and loud, shouting even to the chagrin of the crowd: “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” When Jesus asks what he wants Him to do, he’s loud and clear: “Rabbi, I want to regain my sight.” And when Jesus heals him, Bartimaeus follows Jesus as a disciple. His physical healing led to a transformed life.
Contrast that with the man at the pool of Bethesda in John 5. He isn’t in the temple, he isn’t seeking Jesus—he’s stuck. Stuck in his circumstances, stuck in disappointment. Jesus asks if he wants to be well, and he doesn’t say yes; he makes excuses why he cannot be well. Despite his lack of faith, Jesus heals him. Instead of following Jesus, the man drifts back into the crowd. Later on in the story, he can’t even name who healed him.
Sometimes we’re like Bartimaeus, aren’t we—calling out to God in faith, and Jesus meets us with mercy.
Other times, we’re like the man at the pool—stuck, apathetic, or even resistant. Still, Jesus seeks us out.
Jesus heals in different ways. He heals bodies. He heals hearts weighed down with grief, marriages strained by years of hurt, minds trapped in fear, or lives caught up in destructive patterns.
And notice how Jesus heals in different ways. He heals bodies. He heals hearts weighed down with grief, marriages strained by years of hurt, minds trapped in fear, or lives caught up in destructive patterns.
If there is healing to be sought, may we seek it in Christ! Jesus’ questions weren’t just for then. Don’t rush past them. What do you want Me to do for you? Do you want to be well?
Could you take a moment now, it’s a short blog, and answer Him honestly? Do you long for peace? For freedom from shame? For a renewed marriage? For the strength, even just today, to break a pattern that’s been crushing you? Tell Him, He asks.
Because healing—real healing—isn’t about what we earn or deserve. It isn’t about a place, a particular method, or a formula. It isn’t found at a pool, in a ritual, or through self-improvement techniques. It’s found in a Person: Jesus Christ.
So, let me ask you—if Jesus stood before you today and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” …what would you say?