Try to imagine being blind all your life, then one day miraculously receiving your sight. And the first face you see\u2014is the face of Jesus! That\u2019s what happened to Bartimaeus. Jesus was passing by the spot where he sat begging every day. Recognising this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he cried out for help at the top of his lungs. <\/p>\n
Sometimes dignified prayer won\u2019t get the job done. Desperate situations call for desperate measures. Sometimes you\u2019ve got to cry out to God from the depths of your soul! \u2018Jesus stood still\u2019<\/i> (Mark 10:49 NRS) when Bartimaeus shouted. Your cry will get God\u2019s attention. <\/p>\n
David said, \u2018O Lord my God, I cried out to You, and You healed me.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm 30:2 NKJV) Don\u2019t be reluctant, be confident. \u2018Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.\u2019<\/i> (Hebrews 4:16 NKJV) <\/p>\n
The Bible says, \u2018Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.\u2019<\/i> (Mark 10:50 NIV) He did that for two reasons: first, a long robe could have tripped him up; second, his clothes identified him as a beggar. To get to Jesus, you must be willing to throw aside everything that stands in your way. The shame and failure of your past, your lack and your limitations, the labels other people have put on you. When Jesus restores and makes you whole, you won\u2019t have to wear those old garments anymore. And here\u2019s another thought: when Bartimaeus regained his sight, he decided to follow Jesus (see Mark 10:52), and you must do that too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Try to imagine being blind all your life, then one day miraculously receiving your sight. And the first face you see\u2014is the face of Jesus! That\u2019s what happened to Bartimaeus. Jesus was passing by the spot where he sat begging every day. Recognising this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he cried out for help at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}