What is faith? Is it just clenching your teeth and your fists and believing something really, really hard? Most of us probably think (or have thought) that faith is all about just ramping up the sincerity of what we believe to the max. Our mindset is, “If I just believed this thing is true, but believed it a little bit more, then God would respond and act.” Of course, the big problem with this mentality is that we’re not seven years old anymore and this isn’t the Disney channel. You can’t actually fly if you ‘think enough happy thoughts’ or whatever. One time, four dudes had a friend who couldn’t walk. They had heard of Jesus and the things He was doing in people’s lives; and when He came to their town, they got together, grabbed their paralyzed friend by the corners of his mattress and took him to where Jesus was. The place was jam-packed and there was no way in through the front door. These friends didn’t stop, though. They simply had to get him to Jesus. They managed to get this dude and his bed up to the roof of the house and just as he was probably thinking, “Now what?” they started tearing back the roof tiles till they made a hole in the house! The very next verse says that Jesus acted when He saw their faith. There it is - their faith! They knew they couldn’t do anything. They knew they needed Jesus, but they didn’t just sit around and ‘believe in Him real hard.’ They did whatever it took to get to Jesus. Faith changes you. Faith makes you dig and claw your way to the only One who can actually help you.
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