Thank You for Persistence!
“As Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was. They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
“And he called out, saying, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Those who led the way were sternly telling him to be quiet; but he kept crying out all the more, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’ And Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him; and when he came near, He questioned him, ‘What do you want Me to do for you?’
“And he said, ‘Lord, I want to regain my sight!’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.’ Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him, glorifying God; and when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.” Luke 18:35-43
Sometimes things get hard in our lives and sometimes we go into ‘neutral’ and give up – it is natural to feel those feelings. Many stories in the Bible encourage us to persist, to try again, to know that our Father loves us.
If this poor blind man just called out once, how different this report would be…Jesus may have not heard him (well, I think it was truly the people around the blind man who needed to hear), and the lesson of persisting through ‘darkness’ may not have been emphasised once more.
Jesus knew the blind man was there even before He walked up to the gate. He knew the outcome for this beggar. He wanted others to be reminded of His compassion and power over the worst of situations and challenges in our lives!
The message is to persist through it all – even when there seems nothing but darkness!
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Take care with love, especially His, from Darlene, who still prays for you each day.
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NOTES: I choose to believe the Bible because it's a reliable collection of historical documents written down by eyewitnesses during the lifetime of other eyewitnesses. They reported supernatural events that took place before, of specific prophecies; and claim that their writings are divine rather than human in origin.
The Five Solas: Individuals are saved by grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone, as revealed by Scripture alone to the glory of God alone!
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