OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
KEEPING YOU FROM GOD
Is there anything
In your life
KEEPING you from God
Physical obstacles-or illness
Spiritual obstacles-lack of faith
Or emotional obstacles-maybe
The BLAMING of God
For something that has happened
In your life
Don't let it happen
NOTHING should keep you
From God
In the beginning of
Mark-chapter 2
We read about a paralytic man
And his friend
Chiseling their way
Through the roof
In an effort to see Jesus
And FIND his healing touch
HOW can Jesus
Not be impressed
By such a paralyzing display
OF FAITH
“When Jesus
Saw their faith-
He said to the paralytic-
'Child-
Your sins are forgiven'” Mark 2:5
WHATEVER obstacles
Are in your way
KEEP REACHING for God
Keep reaching for Jesus
Dazzle Jesus
WITH YOUR FAITH
“Therefore
Let us STOP passing judgment
On one another
Instead-
Make up your mind
Not to put
Any stumbling block
In the way of a
Brother or sister” Romans 14:13
Decide what really matters-
It IS our brothers and sisters
In NEED
We can overcome
Any obstacles
To HELP another
In need
That is what Jesus did
That is
What we ARE to do too
As his disciples and apostles
Of today
KEEP REACHING out for God
In faith
OVERCOME every obstacle
Keeping you from God
And keeping you
From HELPING others in need
“Do not hold against us
The sins of the past generations
May your MERCY come quickly
To meet us
For we are
In DESPERATE NEED” Psalm 79:8
“Do not be like them
For your Father KNOWS
What you need
Before you ask him” Matthew 6:8
OUR Father
Knows that we need the FAITH
To overcome obstacles
Keeping us from him
And to HELP others in need
And he SUPPLIES us
Just like he helped
The paralytic man
This story
Has a LESSON for all of us
It teaches us
That GOD'S grace-love-and forgiveness
Are on the other side
Of these obstacles
ALL we have to do
IS KEEP REACHING OUT
Until we find
The love of God
And others
They are fully available
To ALL of us-IF
WE REACH OUT IN FAITH
Robert P. Wallman
1-14-16 and 4-22-2022
INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Paul Pennick
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