What would you do if you saw someone tearing your roof off and trying to lower some stranger into your house?

Mar 2:4  And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. 

Jesus was in a house preaching the word. Many people gathered in the house to hear Jesus preached. It was crowded to the point that no one could get pass the door. Four men arrived at the door carrying their friend who was sick of the palsy. But they could not get inside the house. No one would give way and let them see Jesus.

What options do they have?

1. Wait outside until Jesus comes out of the house.

2. Go home and try another day at some other place.

But their friend was very sick and there was no time to lose; their friend needed Jesus to heal him immediately. One of the four said: “Why don’t we climb up on the roof and let him down where Jesus is standing?” So they climbed up the roof. They tore a hole in the roof, and lowered their friend down to Jesus.

It was probably not their house. What would you do if you saw someone tearing your roof off and trying to lower some stranger into your house? You’ll get mad. You’ll call the police. You’ll ask them to pay for the damage.

What lengths would you go to get close to Jesus? Do you have a blocked door today? Has the devil blocked your door to Jesus?

We meet all kinds of obstacles in our life. A blocked door is an obstacle. The devil doesn’t want us to get near Jesus. He will try all means to block our path to Jesus. What would you do if the door is blocked? What does it take to go through a blocked door?

Follow the example of these four men: go through the roof. When the devil blocks the door, go through the roof.

The devil may block your door, but you can go through the roof. These four men were not men who gave up easily. “Too bad, we tried. Let’s go home.” Faith opens door. And if there is no door, make one yourself.

What it takes is a faith that opens doors. Don’t grieve over blocked doors. God always has a way to get us through, that is, if we have faith. Remember the Red Sea? The children of Israel had left Egypt. Behind them were the Egyptian chariots chasing them. In front was the Red Sea. The Red Sea was the blocked door; it was blocking their path. They cried and complained that Moses had brought them out of Egypt to die in this wilderness. But what did God tell Moses: “Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward” (Exodus 14:15). The Red Sea was in front blocking their path of escape but God said: “Go forward.” Just keep moving forward.  

Faith does not stop at a blocked door; faith moves forward. Faith is full of inventions. The house was full, a crowd had blocked the door, but faith found a way of getting to the Lord and placing the palsied man before him.

When we have faith, nothing is impossible. When Jesus’ disciples asked Him why they could not cast our demons, He replied: “Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you” (Matthew 17:20).

The faithless says: “No way.” But those who have faith say: “There must be another way.” If we desire a faith that can remove mountains, we need to first clear a blocked door. Yes, start by clearing a blocked door. Faith will think of a way; because faith says: “All things are possible.”

Jimmy Lau

Psa 119:97  Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.