Matthew 20:29-34
New
International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
29 As Jesus and his
disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. 30 Two blind men were
sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they
shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
31 The crowd rebuked them
and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of
David, have mercy on us!”
32 Jesus stopped and called
them. “What do you want me to do
for you?” he asked.
33 “Lord,” they answered,
“we want our sight.”
34 Jesus had compassion on
them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed
him.
If you
have been following this blog from the beginning you may remember me asking you
to list as many attributes of God as you could come up with. We took those attributes and found them in
scripture. Here is a place that we can
see wonderful attributes of Jesus Christ.
First of
all we see Him as caring. When others rebuked the men for yelling for
Jesus, Jesus took the time to stop and ask them what they wanted, He listened to their needs, He didn’t just
pass them by. This is something I need
to work on more and more. I am a small
town girl that doesn’t see homeless people on the street. We don’t have people begging for food and
standing on the street corners with signs in their hands. When I go to the city and I see this, I tend
to shy away from them. I don’t approach
them and give them any money and I don’t stop and ask them what they might
need. I have a feeling that these two
men were much like those that I see on the street. They probably sat in the same place every day
and begged for money. People probably
looked at them as lower than the lowest.
They might have put money in their cup to try to feel better themselves
but they most likely did not take the time to stop and listen to them.
When
they cried out to Jesus the people probably thought they were bothering Him but
they weren’t. He stopped, He asked, He
touched them and they were able to see.
We have a God who is compassionate. He cared for them and He cares for you
too. He wants you to call out to Him no
matter what the crowds may say. These
men did not listen to the crowds but instead called out louder to be sure that
Jesus heard them. Take special note that
these men heard the crowd; they were listening to what the crowd was saying
even though the crowd disregarded them until they became a nuisance. When the crowd told them to be quiet they
probably figured He was getting closer so they called out even louder. Sometimes I think that when Jesus draws near
to us, the crowds try to keep Him away.
Satan doesn’t want us to be near to God so he tries to keep us
silent. Jesus wants us to cry out to
Him.
Today as
you seek Him call out louder for Him to show mercy to you. He will have compassion on you and you will clearly
see Him.
Seeking
Him with all my heart,
Sheila
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