Good Morning “Mat Lower-ers.” Today we are in Mark 2.
Everywhere Jesus went, crowds followed. Some were religious leaders seeking to trip Him up. Some were simply seekers wondering what it was all about. Some already believed and wanted to learn. Some wanted healing so badly they would do ANYTHING to get to Jesus - to receive healing for themselves, their friends, or their loved ones.
If we truly pay attention when we read Scripture - sometimes you just gotta laugh! The people we read about were real humans! Real guys! The story of the 4 friends with their buddy on the mat remind me of the men in some of those “Why women live longer” videos. Imagine their conversation. “Bro, Jesus is in town, we’re gonna get you healed. Awe man, the crowd is too big, we can’t get close. Wait I got an idea… it’s gonna work I promise.” It takes me back to my childhood days when we would hook our wagon to our bicycle and one of us would get in it. Or, when we would jump out of trees on to a mattress or bean bag we drug outside, or… when we would make bike ramps out of boards and cinder blocks, then ride full speed into it.
What do these things have to do with the 5 guys in our story today? Childlike faith (Matthew 18:3). We all had total faith it would work! The men in our story today, absolutely believed Jesus could and would heal their buddy and would do anything to get him to Jesus!
Read or reread this whole chapter! It holds many lessons and applications for us! “It’s not the healthy who need a doctor but the sick” Mark 2:17.
“So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.””
Mark 2:28
Love you all! Dig in and live it out!
Everywhere Jesus went, crowds followed. Some were religious leaders seeking to trip Him up. Some were simply seekers wondering what it was all about. Some already believed and wanted to learn. Some wanted healing so badly they would do ANYTHING to get to Jesus - to receive healing for themselves, their friends, or their loved ones.
If we truly pay attention when we read Scripture - sometimes you just gotta laugh! The people we read about were real humans! Real guys! The story of the 4 friends with their buddy on the mat remind me of the men in some of those “Why women live longer” videos. Imagine their conversation. “Bro, Jesus is in town, we’re gonna get you healed. Awe man, the crowd is too big, we can’t get close. Wait I got an idea… it’s gonna work I promise.” It takes me back to my childhood days when we would hook our wagon to our bicycle and one of us would get in it. Or, when we would jump out of trees on to a mattress or bean bag we drug outside, or… when we would make bike ramps out of boards and cinder blocks, then ride full speed into it.
What do these things have to do with the 5 guys in our story today? Childlike faith (Matthew 18:3). We all had total faith it would work! The men in our story today, absolutely believed Jesus could and would heal their buddy and would do anything to get him to Jesus!
Read or reread this whole chapter! It holds many lessons and applications for us! “It’s not the healthy who need a doctor but the sick” Mark 2:17.
“So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.””
Mark 2:28
Love you all! Dig in and live it out!
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