From Andrew Wommack’s Every Day With Jesus:
And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. Mark 10:48
It’s amazing how much influence other people have on us. There is an intense desire for each of us to conform to those around us. We want to be part of the group. We don’t like to stand out from the crowd. We want to be accepted. But the crowd is never going to go all the way with God. Those who receive God’s best always have to buck the crowd.
Bartimaeus was compelled to conform to what others expected of him. Other men could choose where they wanted to live or what they wanted to do for a living, but a blind man had no choice but to beg. However, when Bartimaeus heard about Jesus and the miracles He was performing, suddenly he had a choice! He could choose to believe and be healed.
Inside that blind beggar’s body was the heart of a believer. Bartimaeus longed for the day when Jesus would pass his way, and one day that came. He wasn’t going to let anyone stop him from receiving his miracle, and the moment he knew Jesus was close by, he began to yell, “Thou son of David, have mercy on me!” Other people were embarrassed by his outburst, but he had spent a life of embarrassment and shame and wasn’t about to continue that way. If he didn’t make a spectacle of himself, things would never change. It was now or never.
There’s something powerful about desperation when it is mixed with faith in Jesus. Are you desperate enough to do whatever it takes to touch Jesus and receive all He has for you today? Don’t let anyone or anything stop you from receiving His best.
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