Our paragraph topic is: (The blind men at Jericho) Part 6.
Here is the scene, Jesus was walking along the road that led in front of the two blind men. A crowd followed him. Some were believers. Some were unbelievers. Some were there who wanted to believe, who had heard the word and came to see for themselves if all were true what they had heard. Some were skeptics. And there were those who were against him, those who had been influenced by evil to destroy him.
The crowd followed him in hopes of getting something. Maybe there was something that they could get from him to further their own individual cause. Maybe he would perform another miracle and they would be there to witness. Maybe he would feed them all from one loaf of bread. Maybe he would turn water into wine and they would all drink. They all wanted something. The two blind men wanted something too. They heard the word and they believed. They heard the word and their hearts were opened. They heard the word and sought him as he walked by. And they would not be silenced. Then Jesus stopped.
Jesus stopped walking. Jesus stopped talking. Jesus stopped thinking and heard the cries of the two blind men. He heard their cries over all the other voices in the crowd. More than anything he heard their hearts. He heard their belief. He heard their pain and their sorrow. He heard their faith, and he stopped. For there before him were two souls created by his Father that were locked in a battle for their lives. He was there to help them in their struggle. He was there to lift them up. He was there to give them strength, to give them hope, to give them courage. He was their to give them his Father's love. He stopped.
How often have we cried out to the Lord when we were suffering? How often have we called out his name for help when there was no one else to call upon? He has been our last resort. He has been our last cry. He has been the one that we cry to from deep within our souls. For our souls need relief. Our souls need satisfaction. Our souls need fulfillment and it is the Father who can provide complete and eternal satisfaction. Nothing and no one else can or will be able to provide that which is needed. He is the one who gave us life and we cry in hopes that he will listen, in hopes that he will hear, in hopes that he will come to our rescue.
We live in a realm where we are given to be self sufficient. We can be who we want to be, do what we want to do, or feel the way we want to feel without any consequences. This is the environment that we live in. This is the environment that we are taught, believe in, work in, play in, live in and see in everyday of our lives from the time we are born until the time we die.
We believe that with hard work and some luck, we can reach the top and become like the rich and the famous. This is our goal and objective in life. The thing that we miss is that we are already rich and we are already famous in his eyes. He has given us the world and all its riches. But we trade our most precious gift, our souls, for a trinket, a piece of paper, death. The two blind men wanted something more than life itself. They wanted to be heard. And Jesus stopped and heard them. Will he hear you when you cry out for his help? Believe that he will. Know that he will and you too will see that Jesus will stop for you.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
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