On Sunday, we continued on the series “Grace Changes Everything.” Ptr. Roy Ricafort preached on how the grace of God can make us whole again as demonstrated in the story of a blind beggar in Luke 18:35-43.

Here we find a blind man (whom recorded in the book of Mark as Bartimaeus), sitting by the roadside of Jericho begging for alms. When he heard that Jesus is passing by, he began to yell persistently loud. As the crowd tried to stop him from yelling, Bartimaeus kept shouting and made a bold declaration of faith, shouting “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Jesus noticed Bartimaeus and asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?”

Bartimaeus replied that he wanted to see.

Jesus want Bartimaeus to verbalise his faith and for the crowd to hear. And Jesus responded to him, “Your faith has healed you.” Immediately, he received his sight and when the crowd saw this, they also praised God.

Sometimes we are intimidated and subdued by our own blindness. It's possible to almost give up. But not Bartimaeus. His faith has brought him from darkness into light.

Be persistent with our faith, refuse to let it go until we receive what we need from God. Don’t let any obstacle get in our way from crying out to God. May we become like Bartimaeus who is more than ready to leave off begging, full of praise and brings glory to Jesus.

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