Blind Bartimaeus

~And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, thou son of David have mercy on me. 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 10:47,48)

This is great. A great example of faith. A man who would not be quiet and who would not give up.

When we cry out to Jesus, trouble will come, when we stand on His promises, trouble will come, busyness will come, faint heartedness will come, exhaustion may come. We may be battered on every side. People may be all around us laying small seeds of doubt, "Just be quiet. " " Are you sure that's what His word means", (two of my faves--->) "Are you sure that is God you are hearing from?", "Yeah, but look at how you live! You just cursed someone out today. You really think God's gonna help you?"

DON'T GIVE UP!!! Don't fall off course, don't stop standing on the promises, and whatever you do, don't stop crying out to the Lord!
If anything, be like Blind Bartimaeus and cry out all the louder!! Drown out the cares of this world and the voices of doubt! Stand firm having girded your waist with truth (God's word) and cry out until you see His face!
Do not- I repeat do not be moved! After all you are saved by grace, not by how "good" a christian you were today! It is not by anything we can do, or anything we can be. We are made righteous by the precious, spotless, spilled blood of the Lamb.

~And Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. And they called the blind man saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise He calleth thee....and Jesus answered and said unto him, what wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind mansaid unto Him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in the way. ~(Mark 10:51,52)


~For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God: not of works lest any man should boast~ (Eph. 2:8,9)