Comfortably sick

Jesus asked a man who had been sick for thirty-eight years, “Do you want to be well?” (Joh 5:5-6) That may seem like a no-brainer, but it is a question we should all ask ourselves. Most of us have so adapted to our dysfunction that we could not function without it. Perhaps all of us would readily give up a physical ailment, but we cling to our spiritual infirmities. We are convinced that anger is better than forgiveness. We don’t believe there is satisfaction apart from sin. We’re sure that we have adapted to survive in our culture and giving up those adaptations would leave us defenseless. Do want to be well?