5×5×5 Bible Plan
Read: Matthew 9
Meditation: Matthew 9:6-8
“For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the paralytic, “Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” And he arose and departed to his house.
Shift Your Focus… I’ve always loved that line: “Which is easier?” If I had been the one in this situation instead of Jesus, I would likely have said, “Which is harder?” But Jesus was God, and he didn’t sweat the small stuff—and to him, it was all small stuff.
That’s why he could forgive the paralytic’s sins just as easily as he could heal his paralysis. That’s why he could raise a little girl from death, cure a woman with a twelve-year issue of blood, open blind eyes, equip a mute man with speech, and drive demons from those in the devil’s bondage. It was all small stuff to Jesus because he was God.
And what about your life? What are you facing—a physical challenge, a financial situation, a problem at work, guilt over a past sin, a broken marriage? What is your paralysis? Whatever it is, no matter how big of a deal it seems to you, it’s all small stuff to Jesus, because he is God.
As you face the things in your life today that have paralyzed you with fear, anxiety, guilt, anger or inaction, take to heart the words of the prophet Jeremiah,
O Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth
by your great power. Nothing is to difficult for you.
(Jeremiah 32:17)
So don’t sweat the small stuff—because it is all small stuff to Jesus.
“When you have no helpers, see your helpers in God. When you have many helpers, see God in all your helpers. When you have nothing but God, see all in God. When you have everything, see God in everything. Under all conditions, stay thy heart only on the Lord.” ~Charles Spurgeon
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