It is an established fact that I need you and you need me as well. The way God created us as humans is such that we’re going to need ourselves. There is no one that sufficiently has what he/she needs, or what he/she will ever need to have to have all his/her needs met. In our lives, there are both recognized and unrecognized needs, as well as spoken and unspoken needs.
A look at Mark 2:1-10, vividly paints a true picture of the fact that we need ourselves. No man is an island; not one. The story began by saying that Jesus Christ was in a house in the city of Capernum preaching. The venue was packed full. Then we have a group of people, four of them, who wanted their sick friend to be healed and brought him to Jesus, here in this packed full house. Before we proceed, I’ll like to say that scriptures did not tell us of the various sacrifices these friends must have made for this dear friend of theirs who is sick of palsy. I’m sure they must have been to so many places, and have gone through a lot. Knowing fully well that the bible says, if all that happened during Jesus time were to be written, then the whole world itself wouldn’t be able to contain the books. They went through a lot.
We need ourselves, hence if you have the priviledge of rendering assistance to someone, do it as unto the Lord. It is important that you know that there is something you have that’s going to be of great benefit to someone somewhere someday. This is doube-sided. That means someone some where has what you need. Therefore, you’re built to be of immense help to someone else. I want to believe that the man sick of palsy at one point in time must have also been of great help to one or all of these four men, maybe to someone somewhere. This therefore determined the extent to which these men sacrificed and were ready to sacrifice still.
At Capernaum, when these four men arrived with their sick friend, the whole place was filled up, so much that there was no way for them to pass through to see Jesus. After thinking and deliberating with and among themselves, they opted for the unthinkable: to break through the roof! I believe that these four men were passionately driven by the fact that, “WE NEED OURSELVES”. The singular force driving these men was “relationship”. Whether they thought of the consequences of what they intend doing, or simply damned the consequences, we can’t tell. They sought for ladder or ladders, we can’t tell exactly; they climbed the roof of the house; they began with the first hit on the roof of someone else’s house, where Jesus Christ, The King of kings was preaching; they added the second hit and continued till pebbles, stones, sands etc began to fall on everyone inside the house including Jesus Christ. At times, in showing that we need ourselves, desperation would be employed. You can imagine the noise that must have risen from that house in protest to what was happening; Jesus still preached on. Finally, they did! They broke the roof and lowered the man to where Jesus was directly preaching. Jesus even commended their faith. No matter how small you think a help is, there are elements of sacrifices attached, and sacrificing is a matter of faith.
Conclusively, there are those who will desperately need help, and yet would not ask, it therefore behooves on you to carefully study these ones and see how God can use you to reach out to help them. Also, I’ll advise that those in need of should speak up. You never can imagine how valuable such help would be. I’ll like to remind you that we make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give.
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