Friday, January 6, 2017

DON'T GIVE UP!

Mark 10:51: And Jesus answered and said unto him, what wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.52: And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
                                                                                                                                                  

Overview
Once upon a time, Jesus and His disciples were passing the way of a begging blind man called Bartemaeus. Apparently, this blind man has heard about Jesus but has not got the opportunity to talk to Him. As soon as he heard of Jesus passing his way, he abandoned his begging business and started calling after Jesus instead of taking opportunity of the crowd to do business- ar’begging. The crowd, thinking they should see Jesus rather than blind bartemaeus, who will only ask for money and nothing else, prevented him from getting closer. As much as the crowd prevented him from shouting, bible says he shouted the more. But Jesus heard the cry of the blind beggar and instructed him to come. Bible says he cast down his garments and came to Jesus. Jesus asked him what he wanted Him to do for him and the blind man answered “Lord that I might receive my sight”.
 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

Your Blindness
As Christians, we are sometimes blind and these blindness’s have limited our growth in the Lord. Some of these blindness’s include unemployment, childlessness, failures, sickness of various kinds (some we have accepted as hereditary and final), inability to overcome our weaknesses to serve the Lord better, etc.

Jesus
Maybe you have heard of this Jesus for a long time and have established a personal relationship with him but still struggling with this blindness’s. Maybe you have not trusted Jesus as the healer or solution to your problem as blind Bartemaeus did. Bartemaeus has been looking out for Jesus for a long time as he sat by the highway as a blind man. He knew who will give him the real solution to his problem. Is your trust in Jesus or man?

Know your need
Bartemaeus, seeing the crowd could have taken the opportunity and begged for money. But, sitting by the roadside all these years, knew what he actually wanted- his sight. Sometimes we don’t receive from the Lord because we don’t know what we want all these years. We have been praying the wrong prayer and asking for temporal things that we can hang on for a short period. Do you know what you want like Bartemaeus?

Don’t give up!
Bartimaeus was prevented by the crowd to get to Jesus but he never stopped crying out. Are you giving up already after Just 1month, 1 year, 5 years, 10years or all these while?  A thousand years is like a day unto the Lord and a day is like a thousand to the Lord. Like the woman who wanted justice from the Judge and pestered him all day, it is a test of your faith in the Lord. Don’t let what you see, hear or the number of untreated problems around you make you give up. The Lord hears what you have been asking all these years in the crowd. The Lord has a simple solution to your “complex” problem. He will just speak based on your faith and you will be whole. Continue to trust in the Lord and HE will do it for you.

Just DON’T give up! …..Amen.

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