Mark 2:25

And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:"

We have in this passage one of the examples of Jesus reading the Old Testament. He shows how he handled the Old Testament text, and how these Pharisees should have read the passage. We get to see how Jesus reads the text. Is there a better person to teach us how to handle God’s Word?

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Mark 2:4

4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.

The action of faith brings about the actions of Jesus. The most important result of the action of faith is the forgiveness of sin. Also, the actions of faith can be the actions of the body on behalf of their friend, as was the case here with the paralytic. God calls us to act in faith.

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Exodus 28:36-38
36 “You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, ‘Holy to the Lord.’ 37 And you shall fasten it on the turban by a cord of blue. It shall be on the front of the turban. 38 It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.

What does this plate on Aaron’s forehead have to do with us? It is like theater. God gives this piece to point to the true holy One, Jesus, who bears our guilt before the throne of God and enables us to be accepted before the Lord.

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John 5:46
“For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote of me”

Jesus makes two important points in this short verse, using something the Jews cherished - the Old Testament. Jesus highlights the teachings of Moses, who spoke about Jesus as the coming Messiah, and uses this to question the Jewish leaders’ true belief in the scripture. Jesus is affirming how important the text is! God speaks to us through the text. It also causes us to wrestle with what we truly believe. Are we practicing what we believe?

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God’s mercy seat, the place of atonement, that is the place where God speaks to Moses. It is covered by the Cherubim. The Cherubim protect the holiness of God. And it is out of God’s holiness, from the atoning seat, the atonement, there God speaks to Moses. And there God speaks to us.

Exodus 25:22

There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

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Jesus seems to seek this man out, the invalid of 38 years, and asks him what seems to be a simple question for his condition, “do you want to get well?”. He answers in a roundabout way that doesn't answer Jesus's question. God wants things for us and we just need to hear Him and answer Him directly. We need to trust and obey, knowing that God has so much greater for us than we could ever imagine. What does that look like for you?

John 5:6

6 “Do you want to get well?”

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This Psalm of Assent shows David learning to wait. He is not crying out for whatever need is in front of him. Rather, he has learned to trust and wait for God to supply his need. This is just like a child who learns to wait for meal time when he or she is a little hungry.

Psalm 131:2

2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul,

like a weaned child with its mother;

like a weaned child is my soul within me.

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David desires to be close to God. He then sets out his activities, which are efforts to open himself to God and prepare the way for God to come to him. He wants God’s presence. He prepares himself and sets about being obedient. Then he waits for God, just as we should wait for God.

Psalm 101:2

2 I will ponder the way that is blameless.

Oh when will you come to me?

I will walk with integrity of heart

within my house;

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