In the fifth chapter of the Gospel of John, we find a man sitting on his mat by the pool of Bethesda who has been an invalid for 38 years. Day after day he, along with others who are disabled,  blind, lame, and paralyzed, are waiting for the hope of healing.

Then a stranger visiting a festival asks him a simple question, "Do you want to get well?"

Suddenly his life which has always been defined by the brokenness of his body is transformed and healed when Jesus tells him to arise.