This Week’s Message
February 19, 2012
Door to God never closed
In today’s gospel we find that the access to Jesus was apparently blocked because of the crowd. The friends of the paralytic might have thought for a moment that they were at the end of their wits. However, they teach us a lesson, that is, when you find one door closed against you just look around and keep your mind open and you find an opening. Look at the ingenuity of these four people: they go on top of the house, move the tiles and let the paralytic down on ropes from the roof. It is just unbelievable! However, they also teach a lesson on faith; faith can move mountains; that’s what Jesus said. These four people manifested their faith, which was strong enough to move a mountain. Their faith was abundantly rewarded. In this healing there was a process involved: first Jesus forgives the sins of the paralytic. It was an act of liberating the person from his inner bonds and from his inner slavery to sin. For any true healing this is a must: we must first be free from our sins, which in turn strengthens our mind to fight against our bodily infirmities. Sin inflicts on us inner wounds, which is not visible to the outsiders. The initiative for getting rid of these bonds should begin with us. Once we initiate this process then Grace of God supplies whatever is required after and that is what we see Jesus doing today to this paralytic. As soon as we come into the presence of God, we definitely will realize that God has seen our heart and our hearts move towards God. At the sight of Jesus this paralytic might have experienced the touch of God and God’s penetrating look into his heart, which might have prompted him to repent over his sins. When he became free from sins, the paralysis was gone and he got the strength to get up and take his coat and walk! Such miracles can happen to us even today, provided we allow ourselves to be touched by God just like the paralytic did. Our way to God is always open. We need the will to take the first step, first inner healing and then healing of the body. The Great Lent is just around the corner and it is a right time to make a new beginning. Let us get prepared for the take-off.
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