Do me a favor: don't wait. Life is but a fleeting moment. It can be gone in second. You are missing out on life; I know because I was there a year ago myself. Last year I became sick with vertigo three times. The third time I was in the hospital for a few days. It then took another two months to recover. During that time, I took a good look at my life and decided I need some changes. I joined Weight Watchers and lost 30lbs. You would think that 30lbs isn't much, but it changed so many things about my life. Am I Barbie again? Not likely, but I have started to do things I haven't done in years. Things like swimming, walking, hiking and roller skating. I can finally join so many of my friends. Do I still have a long way to go . . . yes, but I have started to move toward the pool and nothing is going to stop me. Yes, I may slow down here and there but I will not stop . . . I will get there.

Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do:  Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
—Philippians 3:12-14

Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.
—Psalms 144:4

6. God heals.
It is obvious from this scripture that God heals. He not only heals, but he restores us even better than before. He told this man to get up and take his mat and walk. God not only healed this man, but he gave him a purpose, a direction. God doesn't heal us just for us to be healed. Our healing always has a part in his purpose for our lives.

"The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'
—John 5:11

7. If we don't change, worse things can happen as a result of our sin.
“God, what do you mean? What worse things?” I mean, the man was about as bad as you can get, but God said he could be worse. This man knows he is healed but somehow, got caught in a sin to the point that God said to stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.

I know some of you are thinking that what you went through can't get any worse. Or that your sin is somewhat under control. Perhaps you haven't gained weight or you haven't yelled at your kid in a week or you only bought one pair of shoes vs. two this time or you deserve to have a little fun . . . one drink won't hurt. God healed you, he restored you, yet, you are falling right back into the patterns again. And this time, the weight might kill you (or at least rob you of your life). This time your yelling might damage your relationship with your kid to the point that they don't forgive you anymore. This time you overdraw on your credit card and they take it away, resulting in a poor credit rating. This time the one drink leads to a car accident that kills someone.