And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. Mark 2:2 – We can tell the Jesus isn’t too far into His years of ministry due to His not even having all His disciples called yet, but already Jesus’ fame had spread like wildfire. It makes sense though if you have someone in your area curing diseases, healing broken bodies, and casting out evil spirits that it would cause an uproar and everyone would be flocking to see, and possibly experience, all this for themselves. Jesus was in his hometown, seeking to teach the Gospel, when the crowds around the location He was at turned into the situation we see told to us in our verse. It was so crowded that there wasn’t any room in the house, nor any room at the doorway. The place was surrounded with people, making it impossible for anyone to even get close to Jesus (I suppose almost impossible, there was the roof…). While the story of the friends overcoming all the obstacles to get their friend to Jesus is beautiful, my heart wonders if we in the church are creating obstacles still for people to get to Jesus? Is our traditions at church helping people draw close to Jesus or making it difficult for them to do that? Is our beliefs that aren’t founded in scripture helping or hurting people’s journey to Jesus? For Jesus’ purpose on earth was to create a clear pathway to the Father for us. He took care of the obstacles of sin, death, and the enemy and fulfilled the law so that we could walk freely to the Father. Yet how have we taken that clear pathway and made it difficult again for people to come to Jesus? Let’s pray about how possibly our church has done this and our own personal lives are doing this. Whatever the Lord reveals, let’s be about tearing them down so we are fostering clear pathways to Jesus for all. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3093
Question To Ponder: What was an obstacle that was created that kept you from drawing close to Jesus?
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