One man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years.

When Jesus saw him lying there and realized he had already been there a long time, he said to him, 

"Do you want to get well?"

John 5:5-6 CSB

38 years!

Do you want to get well?

Isn't that a strange question to ask - surely the answer is obvious!

But when Jesus asks a question, it should make us pause.

Jesus realised he'd been there a long time - was there something obvious that at this pool was where the man lived?

What was the clue?

Was there something that indicated that he might not want things to change?

If Jesus asked me that question what would he be referring to?

Do you want to stay stuck in that thinking?

Do you want to stay in that toxic place?

Do you want to keep me at a distance?

Do you want to keep striving in business?

Striving in______?

You've been here for a long time.

Do you want to change?

Is that what Jesus is asking?

He's very personal, and this is a personal question.

Had this man locked his identity in to being stuck, and as difficult as his situation was, it was familiar. It's what he knew. 

What would Jesus ask me?

#whereamIstuck

#doIwanttochange