No good deed goes unpunished! When Jesus came upon a man lame for thirty-eight years, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” What an odd question. Who doesn’t want to get well? The man never answered the question. Instead he explained why he could not get to the water when it stirred to be “touched by an angel.” Jesus told him to get up and walk and he did. But it happened on a Sabbath.
Enter the nefarious Pharisees who ask, “How dare you heal on the Sabbath?” They were more concerned about the rules than about the reality of this man’s need. Jesus’ answer helps us: “My Father and I are always working.” Psalm 121 says that our God neither slumbers nor sleeps. He is always working. Right now God is working. What is he doing? He is making all things new, including you. Do you want to get well? Jesus, the King who has healing in his hands, wants to know.
