A man borrowed 100 dollars for the interest of one dollar per a day. After ten days the lender asked him if he could pay the ten dollars of interest. The debtor said that he got no money and asked him if there is any other option.
Then the lender said to him, "You got to pay me 10 dollars of interest for these ten days. Since you cannot pay, the only option that i got for you is that you will be striped ten times for the ten dollars." The debtor accepted the option. The debtor's wife was also invited. There a man with a whip in his hand, told the husband and wife to count the stripes.
One.. two.. wife is counting the stripes. She is crying and counting. Now the lender looked at the debtor. The debtor seems to be counting differently. More over he is also looks happy. The lender is confused. He came nearer to hear the debtor. While his wife was counting 1.. 2.. 3 the debtor was counting 10.. 9.. 8. The debtor was counting down while his wife was counting up. The wife was seeing the stripes while debtor was seeing the debt. He saw that his debt is decreasing from ten to zero so his happiness was increasing. Jesus was happy to see his own wounds because it was paying the whole humanity.
Bible has some curses. For example it says "you will build a house but you will not live there". It doesn't seem to me a curse now. I have some stripes that already paid. Now this curse sounds like some millionaire saying to me, "I give you 10 million. Will you be able to spend it in a week?" It's a challenge rather than a curse. It sounds like, "I give you a house. Will you be able to live there?"
There are many people out there living without a leg or a hand. Even those people don't like to be called invalid. They prefer the name "physically challenged". After some one paid the stripes for you, you are a poor man but you say I am rich. You are a weak man but you will say strong. Don't you think its a lie? Yes it's a lie only if I don't see that some one is striped to pay my debts. I am poor that I could not pay but he paid.
A man of paralysis is at peace. Some friends came to him and told him to get ready.
"What happened?" Paralytic asked.
They said there is a prophet called Jesus. "Jesus is here let's go." Four of his friends came along and carried him to the place where Jesus is. Oh, there are many people. It looks like it doesn't work.
Some one told them, "hey why do you wait like this. Even if you are a blind man, some one can help you to go through the crowd. But you are with a cot. It doesn't work. Why don't you go home and come early tomorrow?" Sounds like wise counseling.
The paralytic said, "I am not worrying. I am at peace. Why do you worry. Though I am invalid I am still smiling and at peace. Learn from me. Be at peace. Let's go back. I can still praise God"
One of his friend looked at him and asked, "how long you have been like this?"
The paralytic said, "since four years"
The friend said, "oh, your wife has been experiencing peace from four years!. Your mother had you before her eyes from four years and at peace. That is really great. So you want us to learn this peace. Is it?"
The paralytic was confused. One of the friends said, "hey, this sounds crazy but listen to me. There is only one way that we could enter the house. We go to the top of the house. Then we remove the top and release him down."
The paralytic friend doesn't know what to say. Now they implemented the plan. Jesus healed him.
You are challenged. Prove you are the winner. Do three things:
1. Go to the top of your house culture.
2. Remove the pride top and
3. release yourself before the Lord.
Lose your peace to seek His peace.
I am not cursed. I am challenged. Curses should not be faced but challenges are. You are here on this earth to face the challenges and not to avoid or ignore challenges. Prove you got a champion in you.
