What is hindering your Christian walk from being sound, healthy & vital? It might lie in your answer to Jesus when He asks you, “Do you want to get well?” You may (like the invalid in this story) blame others for your current situation, or blame past circumstances that were beyond your control…thus leading you to be stymied & stuck…but definitely not your fault! Maybe you will make excuses, refuse the request, or defend why you can’t… in what boils down to be plain old apathy & laziness. This is clearly described in the Parable of the Great Banquet in Luke 14:16-24 when those invited started making flimsy excuses why they couldn’t attend the Banquet. Finally, when Jesus asks, “Do you want to get well?” you may not be willing to put forth the effort needed to change…or you want someone else to do it for you. But Philippians 2:12 tells us we need to work out our own Salvation…no one else can do it for us. For if we truly want to have a healthy Christian Walk, we have to put in the work, stop the excuses, and be obedient.
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