"Do you want to be made well?" Jesus asks us. It seems like a simple question - one that should be easy to answer. Yet there is more to this question than it may first appear.
First, what does it mean to us to be made well? What would it look like if we were as physically and spiritually healthy as we desire to be? Is physical health maintaining a certain weight or blood pressure, or is it the ability to do something physical that we want to do? Is spiritual health a desire to do good things, or is it a feeling of abundance in the place of emptiness? Each of us has a different idea of what being well means. To answer Jesus' question, we first need to recognize what being well means to us.
Second, what stands in your way of being well? If you want to be made well, what has kept you from being well so far? Are you willing to discipline yourself to let grace lift you over these obstacles? In 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Paul writes of an athlete who exercises self-control in all things so that they might win the race. If we lack self-discipline, then, although we may try to run the race, we are like a runner racing aimlessly or a boxer beating the air.
May God give you the clarity to discern the race toward well-being that lies before you and strengthen your discipline to overcome the obstacles along the way through grace!
Thoughts to ponder: What goals do you have to become physically and spiritually healthy? What are some of the things that have stood in your way in the past? What discipline do you need to develop to push past these obstacles?
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