As Jesus and His
disciples left Jericho, they encountered a blind Bartimaeus who was sitting at
the side of the road. We can learn a great spiritual lesson from the story of blind Bartimaeus (MK 10:46-52). The blindness hindered his daily activities. He couldn’t hold a job
or earn wages, thus, he was a beggar. He depended on the sympathy and
generosity of others.
The blind Bartimaeus heard Jesus would be passing him. He had never met Jesus of Nazareth before but he believed Jesus could help him to see again. Even the crowd tried to keep him quiet he cried out the more – “Jesus, the Son of David, have mercy on me!” Jesus said to Bartimaeus, “Go, your faith has saved you.” His faith was key to his cure.
Jesus can heal your brokenness, forgive your sin, and save your soul. We must have faith. Jesus is the only way; no one else can provide us healing.
Every day we have the opportunity to lose our blindness but God gives us His grace to see the suffering world with open eyes, to see the beauty of His creation and to see everything through the eyes of faith.
“What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad," (Ps 126).
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