5:7
The Samaritan woman was concerned only with having to get physical water, the man here is fixated on having to get into the pool. The legend was that when the water was stirred up you would be healed if you managed to get into the water at that time. Because of his condition the man could never get into the water, someone else always managed to get there before him. He was in a Catch 22 situation.
5:8,9a
However, the man’s understanding was greatly mistaken. He thought that in order to be healed he had to get into the water when it was stirred up. We love to have something physical to hold on to, or to put our faith in.We too can get fixated on things. We believe that a certain things have to happen, or things have to be done in a certain way in order for them to happen. So we will pray that God makes that thing happen. Jesus simply commanded the man to “get up, take up your bed and walk”. God was not dependent upon the water being stirred up. Instead of trying to tell God how He has to answer a prayer, we should ask directly for the thing that we need. The man was immediately healed and did indeed take up his bed and walk.
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