GREAT THINGS ENTERPRISE
CLAUDE BLACK
Mark 6:55
Transportation
Biweekly, Alice has chemotherapy treatments at the University Cancer and Blood Center (UCBC) in Athens, Georgia. Two young volunteers usually stand just inside the main entrance to the building. Their job is to greet patients, answer questions, give directions, and provide transportation. Near where they stand, there is a row of wheelchairs, which they use to transport patients who are unable to walk to their appointments.
One of the noticeable things about UCBC is the number of patients who use wheelchairs. Caregivers—husbands, wives, children, or friends—use wheelchairs to transport patients to their appointments.
When Jesus and his disciples beached their boat in the region of Gennesaret, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, word spread quickly that he was in the area. “They ran about all that whole region, and they began to carry those who were sick on mats wherever they heard that he was.” (Mark 6:55) Focus could be drawn to those who were ill, but of great importance here are those who transported their weak or ill friends or neighbors to where Jesus was—they provided transportation. These transporters may have had illnesses of their own, but they put that aside to transport their friends to wherever Jesus was. Some of these transporters likely had jobs of their own, but they took time to transport their friends to where Jesus was.
Without stretching the message of this incident too far, I hope, the real heroes in this story, besides Jesus, are the nameless transporters who carried their friends to where Jesus was, for without them, this story would have been quite different. Of all the roles in the Kingdom, the role of the transporter must not be overlooked—those who provide trans
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