9/29/24
5 Minutes of Focus
"Standing In The Gap"
[1] A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. [2] They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. [3] Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. [4] Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. [5] When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
Mark 2:3-5 NLT
Beloved,
What if seeing your faith was enough to get God to move on behalf of that other person?
Would you take your faith more seriously then?
Jude 1:20 (NKJV) talks about building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.
Would you do whatever it takes to keep your faith built up including praying in the Holy Spirit, if you knew God was looking, HE WAS PAYING ATTENTION to your faith and what you did would determine that other person's outcome?
That's exactly what happened in Mark 2:5: Jesus saw the faith of the men who brought the paralyzed man to Him. He saw everything they went through and everything they did to get the man in to see Him.
So, Jesus forgave the man of his sins and healed his body based on the faith He saw in the four men. He didn't even bother to ask the paralyzed man if he had faith or not, it didn't matter.
He was paralyzed and he got healed off of their faith. That's all that mattered...Who is your faith standing in the gap for?
God wants to use your faith to do something that has never been seen before...NOT in your life, but in the life of that other person that has a need.
[12] He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
Mark 2:12 NIV
Until Next Sunday.
LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy
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