we give up so quickly the first time we get turned away we go home the first
time we try the diet and slip from the diet we blame it on genetics the first
person that doesn't like us the first person that doesn't help us the first
time it gets a little hard many of us are so quick to see disappointment as a
dead end not these men these men made a decision if there's no room for us
through that door we will climb up here's the word of the Lord if you can't
get in go up if you can't get through on this level go up to a higher level
sometimes the reason God allows you to be restricted is because you're at the
wrong level and sometimes He'll put a disappointment in your life so you have
to climb over it so your faith
what do you do with the disappointment somebody shout get over it
say it again get over it I know some people didn't like you didn't promote
you didn't endorse you didn't support you but get over it these men said
there's something so important to us we can't stand here and blame the people
who got here early I think I'm going higher
now go home if you want to go home but we're gonna make a door in the ceiling
that's how you deal with disappointment you get over it
sorry Matt we tried I never let people say to me we did all we could like point
zero zero zero zero zero zero one percent of the time is that true it's
just not true just say I did all I want to do or say it's not worth it to me
anymore but I'll say you did all you could
if these men had said they did all they could they tried they asked they showed up
they carry them they did a lot but the answer was higher higher a higher level
of thinking I know it's a small detail in the text but it spoke to me
God said sometimes you're thinking too low and too limited and you're so
disappointed because you're not okay help us Revelation chapter 4 verse 1
does John have anything to say about this I believe he does he said after
this he's on an island I looked and there before me was a door standing open
where this door was not a door that was right in front of me in my situation
this door was standing open in heaven so I had to look up because when I looked
around all I saw was a crowd when I looked around all I saw was a system
when I looked around all I saw was a limitation when I looked around all
I saw was excuses but touch somebody's say look up because I promise you that
ceiling will become a door if you're willing to dig through it there's
another door and they they made their own door and while Jesus is preaching
the men are watching they lower their friend at some point they had to drop
him they couldn't get him all the way down and now they've dropped him at the
feet of Jesus right in front of Jesus Matthew says because they couldn't find
a way in because of the crowd but disappointment is a door so if they
could have gotten in the front door the man would not have been in position to
be healed if it would have worked out the way they planned for it to work out
if they would have given you what you wanted them to give you you wouldn't
have been in this position to get what only Jesus can give so Jesus this is an
interesting phrase he saw their faith he saw their faith when Mark writes about
faith he uses the the word faith in a noun or a verb form four times and every
time he says faith it is attached to an action so for mark faith is not a state
of mind for mark faith is not a confession for mark faith is not
something that you say is something that you see Jesus saw their faith and he
liked it and he saw what those men were willing to do and he saw how they were
willing to press and he saw the rules that they were willing to break and he
liked it and Jesus looked down at the man and he said son I've got good news
I saw what your friends were willing to do to get you to me and that kind of
faith is irresistible to me when I see them unwilling to be normal and when I
see them dare to be different and when I see them refuse to go home with a broken
heart but instead to be in an unusable ridiculous way I
like that son and the minna minna up top ergo her cuz we didn't know if he was
gonna kick him out we didn't know how this was gonna go we didn't ask
permission we just did it and they're watching and Jesus says son I saw their
faith and your sins are forgiven and the men up top said wait a minute what do
you say and what I'm said I think he said his
sins are forgiven and the other one said but we didn't bring him here for his
sins to be forgiven that's nice but we want him to walk yeah I reckon we still
gonna have to carry him home I was hoping he'd do something about his legs
what do you do when God gives you what you didn't ask for okay
cuz that happens sometimes sometimes you want God to fix your situation and he
starts working on you sometimes God won't do the most obvious thing for a
healer to do in the presence of a paralyzed man is get him up
but the greatest opportunities aren't always the most obvious and jesus knew
there is something deeper that needs to be done then this man's condition is
suggesting externally son you're forgiven I'm gonna fix it in you before
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