Transformation
“Do You Want to Get Well?”
That’s the simple question Jesus asked a man who had been disabled for 38 years, lying beside the pools of Bethesda and hoping that *maybe* one day he’d be healed.
You’d think the answer would be obvious. Why would a man park himself by a “healing” pool for decades if he *didn’t* want to get better? But Jesus still asked, “Do you want to get well?”
It’s a piercing question, because it doesn’t just apply to paralyzed legs in John 5—it applies to our paralyzed hearts right now.
Most of us don’t sit beside mineral springs, but we do chase our own “Bethesdas”: the next self‑help plan, the next willpower reset, the next new habit tracker, the next book or podcast. I’ve done it too. I can’t count how many Januarys I’ve launched a fresh system to become a “new me,” only to watch it quietly evaporate by mid‑February. The calendar changed; I didn’t.
The man at the pool believed his only hope was to get into the water at just the right time. Jesus bypassed the whole system with one sentence: “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.” In a moment, what thirty‑eight years of waiting couldn’t do, Jesus did.
That’s the heart of the good news:
If you’ve got Jesus, you’ve got everything you need to experience radical life change.
The first step isn’t trying harder; it’s honesty. Bringing your real brokenness to Jesus instead of hiding it behind, “I’m fine.” The second step is trust—believing that what you cannot fix in decades, He can transform in a moment and then keep reshaping over a lifetime.
I’ve watched Him do this in real lives. Recently, a student in our church shared how he went on a trip thinking he wouldn’t fit in and came home having trusted Christ with his whole heart. Now he’s walking in a new direction, and we celebrated that through baptism. Same person, new life. That’s what Jesus does.
So let me turn Jesus’ question toward you:
Do you want to get well?
If you’re hungry for real change, not just another temporary reset, I’d love for you to journey with us. Join us for worship this Sunday at our Classic service at 9:00am or our Contemporary service at 10:30am.
That’s the simple question Jesus asked a man who had been disabled for 38 years, lying beside the pools of Bethesda and hoping that *maybe* one day he’d be healed.
You’d think the answer would be obvious. Why would a man park himself by a “healing” pool for decades if he *didn’t* want to get better? But Jesus still asked, “Do you want to get well?”
It’s a piercing question, because it doesn’t just apply to paralyzed legs in John 5—it applies to our paralyzed hearts right now.
Most of us don’t sit beside mineral springs, but we do chase our own “Bethesdas”: the next self‑help plan, the next willpower reset, the next new habit tracker, the next book or podcast. I’ve done it too. I can’t count how many Januarys I’ve launched a fresh system to become a “new me,” only to watch it quietly evaporate by mid‑February. The calendar changed; I didn’t.
The man at the pool believed his only hope was to get into the water at just the right time. Jesus bypassed the whole system with one sentence: “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.” In a moment, what thirty‑eight years of waiting couldn’t do, Jesus did.
That’s the heart of the good news:
If you’ve got Jesus, you’ve got everything you need to experience radical life change.
The first step isn’t trying harder; it’s honesty. Bringing your real brokenness to Jesus instead of hiding it behind, “I’m fine.” The second step is trust—believing that what you cannot fix in decades, He can transform in a moment and then keep reshaping over a lifetime.
I’ve watched Him do this in real lives. Recently, a student in our church shared how he went on a trip thinking he wouldn’t fit in and came home having trusted Christ with his whole heart. Now he’s walking in a new direction, and we celebrated that through baptism. Same person, new life. That’s what Jesus does.
So let me turn Jesus’ question toward you:
Do you want to get well?
If you’re hungry for real change, not just another temporary reset, I’d love for you to journey with us. Join us for worship this Sunday at our Classic service at 9:00am or our Contemporary service at 10:30am.
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