John 5 - All You Have to do is Ask

“1Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. 2Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 5One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"
7"Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."
8Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." 9At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

I love these verses, especially the end of 6. Jesus asked the man, “Do you want to get well?”. Jesus could have just healed the man without saying a word. He could have, but He didn’t. He ASKED the man if he wanted healing, Jesus gave the man a choice.

God also gives us choices everyday. He doesn’t press His will upon us, He gives us the option to choose to have His favor, His help. If we want God’s help, His guidance, His direction, then we should go to Him DAILY and ASK for it. He loves us and will be happy to give it to us, but only if we WANT it.