"Do You Want to be Well?" - Daily Devotion, 5/27/2025

Do You Want to Be Well?

Scripture: John 5:6 (NRSV)

"When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, 'Do you want to be made well?'"

Reflection:
Sometimes the first step toward healing is the hardest one—admitting we need it. The man by the pool had been stuck for 38 years, waiting for someone else to help, but Jesus met him right where he was. With one question—“Do you want to be well?”—Jesus invited him into a new life.

We may not be lying by a pool, but we all have places in our lives where we feel stuck, alone, or hopeless. Healing doesn’t always look the way we expect. It begins not just with physical change, but with an inward willingness to let God do something new.

What’s your “mat”? What have you been lying on for too long? Jesus is still asking: Do you want to be made well?

Action Steps:

1. Name your mat. Write down one area of your life where you feel stuck or unwell—emotionally, spiritually, or relationally.

2. Say it aloud. In prayer or journaling, answer Jesus’ question honestly: Do you want to be well?

3. Take a first step. Do one small thing today that moves you in the direction of healing—reach out, make an appointment, forgive, rest.

Prayer:
God of healing and hope,
Thank you for seeing me in the places where I feel stuck. Give me the courage to name my need and take a step toward wholeness. I trust that you are still making people well—start with me today.
Amen.