GO ABOVE CROWD
Mark 2:1-12

It was recorded about Jesus in Mark 2:1-4, “…He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. The paralytic man that was brought to Jesus had no room to be received. Also, they could not get near the door. The paralyzed man must have heard about the news of Jesus in town very late so he arrived late at his healing ground. However, it is clear that the major hindrance was the crowd that received and resisted his getting on to the healing ground. What is it that is complicating your breakthrough? Is it your self-created crowd or the religious crowd that is waiting at the entrance of your breakthrough to deny you? It is not time for you to give up but rather time for you to take it up to another level that is not common. Zacchaeus was described as a short man in stature. He wanted to see Jesus while in the midst of a thronging crowd. He did not wait for Jesus to pass him by. He took it up to another level by running ahead of the crowd and climbing on a sycamore tree (Luke 19:1-10). Bartimaeus, the blind man, needed to gain his sight when he recognized the passing of Jesus. He called out for Jesus but the crowd calmed down his calling when they asked him to be quiet. He, however, rather increased in his calling until he got the full attention of Jesus (Mark 10:46-52). In every drive to purpose in life, there is no giving up. The four men with the paralytic man took their faith up to another level. Mark 2:4, “And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.” There is so much to learn from the Word of God in regard to getting above and leaving the crowd behind. Crowds are a major force that will discolor your destiny if you get mixed up with them. Avoid all kinds of crowds and most especially the religious crowd. Jesus will surely notice you when you take it up to another level.

Prayer for today: O Lord my God and my Father, add to me this day the grace of persistency where there is a need to be persistent.