Our paragraph topic is: (The blind men at Jericho) Part 4.
Opportunity knocked at their door. Fortune favored their call. The word spoke to them and they were overwhelmed with the joy and happiness that comes with the fulfillment of a dream. For Christ was coming to their village. He was coming to their town. He was near and would soon be walking down the road where they sat begging for their survival. They were blind.
The two blind men knew that this was their one time to ask the one person they believed could help them, Messiah. They had heard the stories. They had heard of the miracles. They believed all were true and wanted to have their opportunity to ask the Lord for his help. What did they want? Was it gold? Was it silver? What was it that they wanted more than anything else in their lives. They wanted to see. More than life itself they wanted to be able to see and this was their opportunity. They would not be silenced. They would not cease their begging. They would not pass on this opportunity to have their eyesight because others wanted them to stop. "And the crowd angrily tried to silence them."
What will you do when your opportunity knocks? What will you want? What will you need more than anything else in your life? Will it be fame? Will it be fortune? Will it be riches? Will it power? Will it be influence? What is it in your life that you desire? And what will you sacrifice to obtain your dream?
We live in a world where we are bombarded daily, hourly with the things that make us want. We make minimum wage and live from paycheck to paycheck. But we see commercials on TV about owning a luxury car, buying a dream house, having money to buy expensive clothes. All this comes to us in the guise of advertising. All these things comes to us through the media that drive us to want, drive us to strive, drive us to be more, drive us to do more, drive us to want more. We can be all that we want to be, but at what price.
The two blind men sat by the roadside begging, as they did everyday, for their needs. We sit in our cubicles working in our daily grind to provide for our needs. We want more because we are given to want more. We are bored, dissatisfied, unhappy because that is what we are given to be. We see all the happy people who have it all and that is where we want to be. And for those who are given to extremes, they will seek to take what they want at any cost.
Christ came to the two blind men. They did not know, until they heard, that he was coming. Christ comes to us also. He comes to let us know that we are loved. He comes to hear our sorrows, our pain, our wants and our desires. He cares for us. He knows what we want, what we need. But we do not know what it is that will satisfy our hunger. We do not know what will fulfill our happiness and our joy eternally. We do not know that we are the children of our Father and he will provide.
God will provide. God has provided. He has given us more than we could ever want. He has given us his love. We were once dead. But now we live. The life we have is given to us through the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. And it is through his sacrifice that we are blessed beyond imagination. We recognize the things of the world. But we need to recognize the things of the spirit. For this recognition opens our eyes and our hearts to that which is within us. To know the love that the Father has for each and everyone of us will fill the heart for all eternity. And beyond his love nothing else exists that can or will satisfy.
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.
Opportunity knocked at their door. Fortune favored their call. The word spoke to them and they were overwhelmed with the joy and happiness that comes with the fulfillment of a dream. For Christ was coming to their village. He was coming to their town. He was near and would soon be walking down the road where they sat begging for their survival. They were blind.
The two blind men knew that this was their one time to ask the one person they believed could help them, Messiah. They had heard the stories. They had heard of the miracles. They believed all were true and wanted to have their opportunity to ask the Lord for his help. What did they want? Was it gold? Was it silver? What was it that they wanted more than anything else in their lives. They wanted to see. More than life itself they wanted to be able to see and this was their opportunity. They would not be silenced. They would not cease their begging. They would not pass on this opportunity to have their eyesight because others wanted them to stop. "And the crowd angrily tried to silence them."
What will you do when your opportunity knocks? What will you want? What will you need more than anything else in your life? Will it be fame? Will it be fortune? Will it be riches? Will it power? Will it be influence? What is it in your life that you desire? And what will you sacrifice to obtain your dream?
We live in a world where we are bombarded daily, hourly with the things that make us want. We make minimum wage and live from paycheck to paycheck. But we see commercials on TV about owning a luxury car, buying a dream house, having money to buy expensive clothes. All this comes to us in the guise of advertising. All these things comes to us through the media that drive us to want, drive us to strive, drive us to be more, drive us to do more, drive us to want more. We can be all that we want to be, but at what price.
The two blind men sat by the roadside begging, as they did everyday, for their needs. We sit in our cubicles working in our daily grind to provide for our needs. We want more because we are given to want more. We are bored, dissatisfied, unhappy because that is what we are given to be. We see all the happy people who have it all and that is where we want to be. And for those who are given to extremes, they will seek to take what they want at any cost.
Christ came to the two blind men. They did not know, until they heard, that he was coming. Christ comes to us also. He comes to let us know that we are loved. He comes to hear our sorrows, our pain, our wants and our desires. He cares for us. He knows what we want, what we need. But we do not know what it is that will satisfy our hunger. We do not know what will fulfill our happiness and our joy eternally. We do not know that we are the children of our Father and he will provide.
God will provide. God has provided. He has given us more than we could ever want. He has given us his love. We were once dead. But now we live. The life we have is given to us through the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. And it is through his sacrifice that we are blessed beyond imagination. We recognize the things of the world. But we need to recognize the things of the spirit. For this recognition opens our eyes and our hearts to that which is within us. To know the love that the Father has for each and everyone of us will fill the heart for all eternity. And beyond his love nothing else exists that can or will satisfy.
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.
