![]() The vulture landed on the ice and began to gorge himself with this delightful meal. While flying over the river, he saw a dead animal's carcass floating down the river on a piece of ice. At times we are so much like the sick man: We know what God wants us to do, but we pause and make an excuse. Jesus asked him the big question: "Do you want to get well?" Notice that he didn't answer the question with an immediate yes, but hesitated and made an excuse. In today's Scripture, we meet a man who had been sick for 38 years. The excuses are abysmal: "When I get out of school, then I'll commit my life to God." "When I get married, then my life will be happy." "As soon as I have some money, my life will change." There is a great tendency among us human beings to put off making commitments and living life to the fullest. I'm convinced that procrastination should be added to the deadly sins we read of in the book of Proverbs. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me." Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." - John 5:5-8 When 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?" "Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. ![]() One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. ![]()
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