You see, if we can really yell out and believe ourselves that Jesus is the Son of God, the Son of man, then we can live out our calling in this world to bring people to the next world for all of eternity. That the truth of what Jesus did and said and promised is just that, the truth.
That it really is for them just as it is for you and for me. We can be like Bartimaeus and show those that have questions about all this Jesus and God and heaven stuff that it really is real. We can be like Bartimaeus and start to follow Jesus closely unlike the rich man who made the choice for this world over the next. That the promises made to us through those early disciples can come to fruition. That the kingdom of God is always at hand. And if we remain silent no more then we too can set the tone in our own neighborhoods for proclaiming what we all know anyways. For you and for me.īy calling Bartimaeus forth, Jesus is saying to us to remain silent no more. We’re to shout out “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” because to stay silent is to turn our backs on the one who came back here for us. No matter if the truth goes against someone’s feelings. No matter if we’re canceled out ourselves. No matter if the truth goes against the narrative of the day. I’ve called this message, “Shout It From The Rooftops” because, like Bartimaeus pressing forward, crying out all the more, we should do the same. That’s the church’s message, that’s what Bartimaeus was hoping for – Give the ball to Jesus, put your life in His hands, and get out of the way. Then Jones turned to the other players and said, “Get the ball to Larry, and get out of the way.” Jones responded, “I’m the coach, and I will call the plays.” Jones told of diagramming a play on the sidelines, only to have Bird dismiss it, saying: “Get the ball to me and get everyone out my way.” You know, whether you’re a basketball fan or not, you’re probably familiar with the name Larry Bird – the former basketball great of the Boston Celtics.ĭuring a retirement party for Larry Bird in Boston Gardens, former Celtics coach K. Sort of like this story I’m reminded of … And he was sure that when he gave his life over to the Son of Man that he would come out on top. He knew Jesus’ past even if he didn’t know his future. He knew that Jesus was the very one that he needed to cure him of what’s ailing him. But Bartimaeus was having nothing of the sort. The crowd wanted Bartimaeus to not vary from going against the narrative. No action, Just speaks the words.īut the crowd wanted the blind man to remain blind. Unlike the prior miracle of regaining of sight, Jesus just speaks the words. And, unlike the prior times where Jesus instructs the person healed to go and tell no one, He does the opposite with Bartimaeus. It was the last time that people could hear His words of assurance that all is not lost and the people were no longer lost but found. It was the last time anyone would observe the actions of God on earth. This passage, in Mark, is Jesus’ final healing miracle concluding His ministry before He was crucified. If only we could be sure that His words can lift anything that might be causing us to be blind to His gifts. If only we could let go of all that keeps us down and call out for the mercy of Jesus and God. Verse 47 says, in part, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” If we could only do the same more often. The construction company told the man that stuff on his table would eventually fall off, if left there during a shaking, and fall between the cracks in the floor where he would lose them. The fault was so slight that normally the man wouldn’t have noticed. The construction company also told the man that his foundation needed to be secured since he lived on a very slight ground fault that shook ever so slightly and would shift the boards on the floor. Documents that the man had thought he had misplaced. When the floorboards were taken up to put new ones down, underneath were many pieces of documents. However, a few years later, the man decided to redo his house. Just with some and only when the man thought he had left them on the dining room table. This happened over and over again but not with everything and not in every place he would leave documents.
He was sure that he had put it there but, because it wasn’t there, he soon convinced himself that he was going a bit insane. He would set an important document down on his dining room table and leave, only to go back, and it would no longer be there. There once was a man who was constantly forgetting where he would put things in his house.
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