I Don't Care How!

 Listening to one of my favorite worship artists songs, Brandon Lake's "Tear Off The Roof". I absolutely love this song. It is based on the story in The Bible about a paralyzed mans friends tearing off the roof of a house where Jesus was at, so they could get their friend to Him to be healed. 

I did a sermon on this topic several years ago. It was about fighting to get to Jesus, no matter what. It seems like the world is trying to take us away from Jesus and His teachings every chance they get! We need to fight everyday to get to Jesus, no matter what.

I talked about the guy who was demon possessed.  The man was possessed by a legion of demons. Legion means many demons possessed this man. When this man saw Jesus far off in the distance, he fought through all of the demons and ran towards Jesus. He fought what was inside of him to get to Jesus. He made it Him, and Jesus healed him of the demon possession. He sent the demons into a herd of nearby pigs, and the man was free of their control. (Mark 5:1-15)

The woman with the bleeding issue for twelve years. She spent all the money that she had on doctors, trying to figure out what was wrong with her. Then she heard that Jesus would be near her, and she heard about the healings that He was performing. She thought that if she could just get close to Him, she might be healed. In those days, someone who was bleeding was considered unclean. No one could touch them or be touched by them, as that would make them unclean. So imagine the courage it took her to go to the place where Jesus was, knowing that she was unclean (basically out in public illegally). She fought through the crowd to get to Jesus. She only touched the hem of His robe and was instantly healed. (Luke 8:43-48)

The earlier mentioned story. Four friends of this paralyzed man heard about Jesus and the miracles and healing that He had been doing. They thought if they could get their friend to Jesus, he could be healed. As they approached the house, the saw that the crowd was to large to get him inside. They hatched a plan, taking him to the roof and digging a hole through it and lowering him down inside. So that is what they did. And it worked. He was healed! (Mark 2:3-5)

So all three of these stories have one thing in common. Through almost impossible odds, they fought and succeeded to get to Jesus. No matter what stood in their way.

So what are we doing to keep getting to Jesus, no matter what? When the whole world seems to be against us and Jesus! Do we just throw up our hands and say "oh well, I guess I'll quit!" No, of course not. We dig into His word more. Pray more. Stay connected to Him. He is the only thing that matters!

So I encourage you to keep fighting to get to Jesus, no matter what. No matter what the world may throw against us and try to derail us. Doesn't matter what the world says, I am only concerned with what Jesus says.

God bless.

Rev. Kev.