How will you live?

Jesus Heals a Paralytic:
On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal. And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. And when he saw their faith, he said, Man, your sins are forgiven you. And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, "Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them, "Why do you question in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Rise and walk? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - he said to the man who was paralyzed - "I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home." And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying God. And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen extraordinary things today." Luke 5: 17-26

What a great story. I often read this passage and ask myself, whether I would be one of those men who would go to great lengths to help someone get to Christ. One of the interesting things about this passage, is that it does not describe the men carrying the paralytic as friends, but just men. These men may not have known him and likely did not spend time with him. These men though knew that Jesus Christ could help him and these men chose to live in a manner that sacrificed there time, and possible there health to give one person the opportunity to see the glory of Jesus Christ.

So how will you live in 2013? We so often make our resolutions of new dedication we are going to make to the things that will improve our life, but we always make the resolutions in a manner that puts the new dedication on ourselves. What if I resolved to take care of others. What if I resolved to sacrifice myself and did whatever it took to lead those that are hurt and need healing, both physically and spiritually to Christ? What kind of resolution would that cause internally to me / us?