Mark 2:6-7 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
I talked before about a poem I teach to my students called “The Guy in the Glass.” It’s about how you can fool the whole world, but you can’t fool yourself. I always think of that poem here because we can’t fool God either. He knows our hearts.
Mark 2:8a Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts….
For me, that fact involves being incredibly honest with God, especially when I am angry or scared. There’s no need to try to fool God because He knows my heart, so I fess up and try to work through whatever sticky emotions are keeping me from Him.
Mark 2:8b-9 …and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’?”
Lord, Thank You that You know my heart and You love me anyway. Thank You that You are big enough, strong enough, compassionate enough to help me work through my base human emotions. Help me always to be honest with You and to lay my emotions at Your feet so that I can draw closer to You. Amen.
Mark 2:10-11 “But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”
Have a blessed day.