I've often heard it preached that my faith can move mountains in my life. I.e that my faith in God can remove the obstacles that I face or that it can restore my life in the way God wants it to be. That through my faith I can be saved, healed, set free from sin and fear, made whole. And this I believe.
But the above passage takes things into a whole new realm.
An exciting realm.
Because of verse 5:
"When Jesus saw their faith."
It was not the faith of the paralysed man that caused Jesus to act.
It was not the faith of the paralysed man that prompted Jesus to move powerfully through his life, forgiving, healing, setting him free, making him whole.
It was his friends' faith.
It was their faith that brought this man to Jesus, their perseverance that took him through the obstacles and brought about a tremendous salvation, spiritually, physically and no doubt emotionally.
And so a huge message to us through this story is that our faith can move other peoples' mountains.
Our faith can bring people to Jesus.
Our faith can see people restored, healed, made whole.
As James put it "The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and avails much"
God's kingdom comes in power when we pray with faith. Seeing with the eyes of our heart the very things that God wants to bring to pass on the earth.
There are huge numbers of people on this planet - many of whom we know - that are in a similar position to the paralysed man in the story. So let us use our faith, let us pray boldly, and believe for major breakthroughs in the people that surround us. And we will see God's kingdom come and His will be done. On earth as it is in Heaven.
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