12月3日
标 题：希望被医治
经 节：耶稣看见他躺着，知道他病了许久，就问他说：“你要痊愈吗？”（约翰福音五章6节）
耶稣问了一个男人，一个不用问就知道答案的问题！耶稣遇见一个瘸了三十八年的病人，他坐在毕士大池边等待得医治。耶稣为何明知故问呢？也许答案不像我们想像那么简单。巴底买是瞎子，当他对耶稣呼喊，求耶稣可怜自己的时候，耶稣问他说：[要我为你做什么？]（马可福音十：51）对一个瞎子来说，得见光明显然是他最关心的事。有时候，耶稣认为让人们以言语表达出自己的需要，以及明确地求医治，是很重要的。
仅仅因为我们的灵病了，或者仅仅因为靠近一个医治的场所，并不能代表我们想被医好。我们可能固定去教会，却仍然选择过罪恶的生活。这世代认为，圣经中许多的罪行只不过是上了瘾、性格的瑕疵、或成长过程被虐待的结果。我们的言行就好像认为上瘾是可被接纳的理由，不需顺服神。身为一个基督徒，我们不再需要成为罪行的受害者。没有任何一项罪行或恶习，是超越主医治大能所不能及的。
你是否年复一年地，任凭属灵的疾病未得医治？神能够释放你，但是，你可能安于自己的罪行，可能不想被治愈。如果你真想得到灵性的健康，神今日就可以治愈你。祂要你求告祂。
Wishing to Be Healed
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he
already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you
want to be made well?” (John
5:6)
Jesus
asked a man a question that appears to have had an obvious answer! He came upon
a man who had been lame for thirty-eight years and who was sitting beside a
pool of healing. Jesus asked him if he wanted to be healed. Why would Jesus ask
such an obvious question? Perhaps the answer was not so clear. Bartimaeus was
blind, yet when he cried out for Jesus to have mercy on him, Jesus asked what
he wanted Him to do (Mark 10:51). It would have seemed apparent that the
foremost concern of a blind person would be to receive sight. There were times,
however, when Jesus considered it important for people to verbalize their need
and specifically ask Him to heal them.
Just
because we are spiritually sick, or just because we are near a place of
healing, does not necessarily mean we want to be made well. We may attend
church regularly, but choose to remain sinful. Our generation has taken many of
the activities that the Bible identifies as sin and has labeled them as
addictions or character flaws or the result of an abusive upbringing. We act as
if having an addiction is sufficient excuse for disobeying God’s commands. As
Christians, we are no longer helpless victims of our sin. There is no sinful
habit or past hurt that is beyond the healing touch of our Lord.
Have
you gone year after year without receiving spiritual healing? God is capable of
freeing you, but you may have become comfortable in your sin. You may not want
to be healed. If you really want to receive spiritual health, God can give it
today. He wants you to ask Him.
