"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" (Mark 2: 4).
Faith is full of inventions. The house was full, a crowd blocked the door, but faith found a way of getting at the Lord and placing the palsied man before Him. If we cannot get sinners where Jesus is by ordinary methods, we must use extraordinary ones. It seems, according to Luke 5: 19, that the roofing had to be removed, which would make dust and cause a measure of danger to those below. But where the case is very urgent, we must not mind running some risks and shocking some properties. Jesus was there to heal, and come what may, faith ventured all so that her poor paralyzed charge might have his sins forgiven. Oh, that we had more daring faith among us! Try today to perform some gallant act for the love of souls and the glory of the Lord. Cannot faith invent also and reacy by some new means the outcasts who lie perishing around us? It was the presence of Jesus which excited victorious courage in the four bearers of the palsied man. Is the Lord not among us now? Have we seen His face this morning? Have we felt His healing power in our own souls? If so, let us, breaking through all impediments, labor to bring souls to Jesus. O Lord, make us quick to suggest methods of reaching Your sin-sick ones and bold to carry them out at all hazards.