Crumbs 123 : Changed Life
Scripture Mark 10:46-52WEB 46 They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 Jesus stood still, and said, “Call him.”They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”50 He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.51 Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?”The blind man said to him, “Rabboni,[a] that I may see again.”52 Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus on the way.
Jesus is on His way to Jerusalem, to Passover, to suffering , death and resurrection. He then meets Bartimaeus. ,a desperate man in search of a saviour and salvation. We learn much from the Saviour’s response to human need despite that He was facing Calvary
Bartimaeus refused to stop his noise. He leapt up throwing away his cloak. It might have been the most of the valuable of his possessions. Neither the opinions of others nor the cost of a coat would hold back Bartimaeus in his quest for wholeness
Jesus stood still, making Himself easier for a blind man to find. As so often as in other miracles Jesus did not heal the man right away but dealt with him on a pastoral basis. He got him to express his need.
The result was Bartimaeas became a healed, sighted man. and a devoted follower of the Jesus. He had called Jesus son of David and a great teacher( Rabboni). To him Jesus had become much more. His new born sight had given him freedom to do a thousand ordinary things. He used it to pursue Jesus Questions
1. What hinders our search for the Saviour ?
2. How does Jesus make Himself available to searchers ?.
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