"Do you want to get well?"

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?” 
At youth group the other night we were reading John 5, specifically the story of Jesus healing a crippled man.  Upon approaching the man Jesus asks the man if he would like to be healed.  I was sitting there thinking, "DUH He does Jesus!". Later on I was beginning to ponder this question, if Jesus is God, and they are both all-knowing, then why does he even ask this question?  I began to search my own heart and noticed that I hide a lot from God.  For example, I've lately been dealing with the fact that I have feelings for someone.  I know that I am not in a place in my walk with the Lord where I believe I can have a Christian relationship, yet I continue to carry these feelings around in my heart.  I enjoy my own pain.  Instead of surrendering this to God and allowing him to deal with it, I cripple myself.  I'm holding onto the pain, putting my hope in the wrong places-and God made me for more than that.  He has the power to make me well-to heal me and make me new, which is a DAILY process.  I need to allow God to be my hope and refuge always, for only He knows every single thing about me and loves me regardless.