Daily Inspiration

“After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.” At that, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.” Jesus knew what they were thinking, and said, “Why do you harbor evil thoughts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”– he then said to the paralytic, “Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.” He rose and went home. When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe and glorified God who had given such authority to men.”—Matthew 9:1-8

Although we live in this world, we were born for the Kingdom. Sin is a tool of the enemy, and he uses it to lure us into a false comfort, a numbness. Like the smoker who needs a smoke that slowly kills the lungs, the sinner falls into a similar trap, believing sin brings comfort.

In reality, sin paralyzes the soul from reaching the Kingdom. In that other world, the weight and pain of my sins overwhelmed me. Where in this world those sins gave false comfort, in that other world, they paralyzed me. Yet once I admitted that I could not save myself, Christ lifted me up and sent me home.

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