I was listenting to a teaching today and the speaker talked about Mark 2:4 about the guy who was lowered through the roof by his friends.
First I have to say what trust this guy on the mat had in his friends. I mean really would you trust any of your friends to lower you on a mat from the roof and not drop you!
Anyway here is a guy who is being brought to Jesus for the purposed of being healed so when Jesus says "your sins are forgiven". Can you imagine what this guy might have been thinking. " Here was this person, Jesus, who is so well known for healing and he tells me my sins are forgiven." Yet in the big picture what this man needed more than anything was to have his sins forgiven by the Son of God.
This guy probably thought his greatest need was to be able to walk. Look what walking could do for him: he could work, he could support himself, he could take care of himself and not depend on others. That is a huge need. But what if that need was met and the real need was never addressed. He would still be in the same position: unforgiven. He might be able to care for himself but look at what he was not getting by having his true need met.
By having his real need addressed, the need for forgiveness, he was able to truly live. he was free. He now had the forgiveness that did not require a yearly sacrafice.
Not only was his true need met but his fleshly need was met as well. Jesus told him to pick up his mat and go. Jesus knows the true need in our lives. Let Him meet that need and see what He does for all the other needs in your life.
