Mark 2:1-12 records the story of some people who carried their paralyzed friend (on his bed) to see Jesus. They were determined that Jesus would heal him...they had faith. When they couldn't get in the normal way because of the crowd listening to Jesus, they climbed up on the roof...carrying their friend on his bed! They ripped away some of the roof, carefully lowering their friend, bed and all, down to the feet of Jesus. If you've read the story you know that, in spite of some naysayers in the crowd, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "Rise, take up your bed, and go home."
How amazing! The "carriers" rescued their friend, the "carry-ee," by exercising their faith on his behalf.
Seasons will come when you need your brothers and sisters to carry you, in faith, to Jesus in prayer. When you are unable to do it on your own, you need them to lift you up.
Other seasons will arise when God calls you and others to carry someone else who can't do it on their own.
We will all face seasons of weakness...seasons that require others to carry us to Jesus. Further, we will also encounter situations that place us in the position to pick up someone else and carry them to the Lord in prayer and active support.
The "carriers" in Mark 2 witnessed the healing of their friend because they knew where to take Him. Let us be challenged to care for others so much that we instinctively take them to Jesus...the only one who can meet our deepest needs.
Are you a "Carrier" or a "Carry-ee?"
Mark 2:1-12 records the story of some people who carried their paralyzed friend (on his bed) to see Jesus. They were determined that Jesus would heal him...they had faith. When they couldn't get in the normal way because of the crowd listening to Jesus, they climbed up on the roof...carrying their friend on his bed! They ripped away some of the roof, carefully lowering their friend, bed and all, down to the feet of Jesus. If you've read the story you know that, in spite of some naysayers in the crowd, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "Rise, take up your bed, and go home."
How amazing! The "carriers" rescued their friend, the "carry-ee," by exercising their faith on his behalf.
Seasons will come when you need your brothers and sisters to carry you, in faith, to Jesus in prayer. When you are unable to do it on your own, you need them to lift you up.
Other seasons will arise when God calls you and others to carry someone else who can't do it on their own.
We will all face seasons of weakness...seasons that require others to carry us to Jesus. Further, we will also encounter situations that place us in the position to pick up someone else and carry them to the Lord in prayer and active support.
The "carriers" in Mark 2 witnessed the healing of their friend because they knew where to take Him. Let us be challenged to care for others so much that we instinctively take them to Jesus...the only one who can meet our deepest needs.