sokin's devotional 74 - the blind beggar
And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, let me recover my sight." And Jesus said to him, "Recover your sight; your faith has made you well." And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
Luke 18:39-43
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What is the faith that Jesus saw this blind beggar have that made him well?
I think that we see the blind beggar's faith in a couple of ways.
1. When the people were passing by and he heard all the commotion, he asked what was going on. Once he found out it was Jesus, he immediately started crying out to Jesus, asking for mercy. Not neccesarily for his eyesight first. He asks Jesus, a man he cannot see but only probably heard of, for mercy. Who can give mercy except a king, or one that is higher than us?
This blind man, who had no idea who or what Jesus looked like, had a desperate faith that longed for mercy, not just healing or things.
Do we look to Jesus for mercy, or simply for things?
2. When Jesus asked what the beggar wanted, the beggar replies, "Lord, let me recover my sight." He doesn't say, "Jesus, are you able to recover my sight?" or "If you are able to, can you try to recover my sight?" He simply asks for what he needs. His asking shows us that he believed that Jesus could give his sight back.
Do we pray, asking of Him with the same type of faith?
And how great and fitting it is that we see that in this story, not only was the beggar given exactly what he needed (eyesight), but in fact, once his eyes opened and they fell upon Jesus's face, upon His Messiah, the beggar received far more than what he could've asked for.
He praised and glorified God, following Jesus because he knew that the man that healed his sight was not just another man, but a man worthy of his praise.
Luke 18:39-43
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What is the faith that Jesus saw this blind beggar have that made him well?
I think that we see the blind beggar's faith in a couple of ways.
1. When the people were passing by and he heard all the commotion, he asked what was going on. Once he found out it was Jesus, he immediately started crying out to Jesus, asking for mercy. Not neccesarily for his eyesight first. He asks Jesus, a man he cannot see but only probably heard of, for mercy. Who can give mercy except a king, or one that is higher than us?
This blind man, who had no idea who or what Jesus looked like, had a desperate faith that longed for mercy, not just healing or things.
Do we look to Jesus for mercy, or simply for things?
2. When Jesus asked what the beggar wanted, the beggar replies, "Lord, let me recover my sight." He doesn't say, "Jesus, are you able to recover my sight?" or "If you are able to, can you try to recover my sight?" He simply asks for what he needs. His asking shows us that he believed that Jesus could give his sight back.
Do we pray, asking of Him with the same type of faith?
And how great and fitting it is that we see that in this story, not only was the beggar given exactly what he needed (eyesight), but in fact, once his eyes opened and they fell upon Jesus's face, upon His Messiah, the beggar received far more than what he could've asked for.
He praised and glorified God, following Jesus because he knew that the man that healed his sight was not just another man, but a man worthy of his praise.
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