Group Work

Some situations require us to work in groups.  That was true back in school and it is true in work and even in many social circles.  Often as adults we call them committees, but it's the same thing.  A well functioning group of people can feed off of each other's energy and ideas.  It can be fun and productive.

But we have all been in the other kind of group too.  The other type of group is one that doesn't sync.  You quickly find that everything seems to take longer than if you just did it alone, and the final product is nothing to be inspired over.  One thing that I have noticed when required to work in groups is that it really doesn't matter what the group is working on.  What really matters is who is in the group.

Some people in a group are a real liability.  You just know that do to a lack of ability or a lack of ambition, that the group is going to get nothing out of them.  But other people really make a positive difference when they are working on a project.  These are the people who seem to carry the load.  These are the people that when you hear that they are working on a project, you just know that it is going to be successful.  These are the difference makers.

So this story is out of the books of Matthew, Mark and Luke.  A group brings a paralyzed man to Jesus, but the crowd was too big and they couldn't get there.  They climb up on the roof, make a hole and lower him down.  Their efforts sure made a difference in the life of the paralytic.

Watch this clip from Pastor Chris.

Difference makers.  The four friends saw that something needed to be done and nothing was going to stop them from completing their task.  Nothing.  

And of course, there was Jesus. He was the biggest difference maker of them all.  Through their faith He made the paralytic man whole and healed his legs.  And He continues to make a difference in people's lives today.