Episode notes
Mark 2:1-12
How to Be a Person That Won't Allow Those Around You to Stay the Same:
1 - The Bible says the friends climbed, removed, dug, and let the friend down. There is effort and uncomfortability in the process of seeing a miracle come to pass. If you're not willing to climb over any obstacle, dig out any barrier, and remove any hindrance... your effectancy will be limited, The hard work is often the heart work, and the costs we are willing to pay often deteremine the levels we are able to climb.
2 - Are you a "seeing their faith" person??? Jesus' response was based on the disposition and devotion of the friends who knew what their brother needed... who then made a conscious choice that they would not allow themselves to quit until they exhausted every possible avenue for him to be healed. People who get close to you should not be allowed to remain the same just by your mere presence around them. You're either gas or water, and your habits, disciplines, and rhythmic walking with God are what determines that.
3 - Your souls formation is foundationally connected to miracles taking place... it is the closeness and fullness that we walk in that gives us the strength to remove the obstacles, and carry others to the feet of Jesus. The spirit must be in us, for others to get close through us. My life is an overflow of my time and attention. If he has both those characteristics of my personhood, a byproduct is a person who tears off roofs, and lowers people to the feet of the One that we gaze upon, and rhythmically follow... beholding is becoming and proximity develops potency.