TEXT: MARCH 10: 46-52
In the texts we have read we find a man named Bartimaeus "The Blind" surely to be known socially as "The blind" was because he was blind from birth.
History tells us that Bartimaeus the blind man was sitting by the road begging, but in his city, in Jericho, Jesus had come, The Way (John 14: 6).
Bartimaeus the blind man could meet the Path that would lead him to his healing and salvation and that way is Jesus Christ.
Let's see in the text that we have read that we find in that path that Bartimaeus found, like that path that leads us to the restoration of our life, our health, our family.
I. IT IS A PATH OF MERCY (verse 47)
The original word that appears in this text for mercy is the Greek word "eleeos" which means active compassion, specifically divine compassion.
The way of the Lord is a path where we can find the compassion of God on our behalf, his love in action, not simply hurt as human beings often have for the needy, the mercy of God is his love, his power, acting in favor of us and our needs.
Let's stop walking the path of life looking to make people feel sorry, often pitifully instead of help we will receive indifference, criticism, ridicule and contempt, but in the Lord's way we will experience his mercy manifested in our lives.
II. IT IS A WAY WHERE WE WILL FIND AN OPPOSITION (verse 48)
How sad the verse tells us: Many scolded him to be quiet, many tried to discourage Bartimaeus, but those many who were? Unfortunately many followers of Jesus.
This is still exactly the same today, many satan people will use them to discourage us, to try to turn us back, to steal our faith.
But Bartimaeus instead of discouraging the text tells us that he cried much more, so we like Bartimaeus when satan wants to discourage us, we have to cry much more for the favor and mercy of our Lord.
III. IT IS A WAY WHERE WE CAN APPROACH THE LORD WITH CONFIDENCE (verse 49)
What wonderful words Bartimeo heard "Trust me, get up, call you" the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, stopped and sent for Bartimaeus, and he did not have to come with fear, he did not have to come With doubts, he had to approach with confidence.
But what is confidence? According to the dictionary, trust is the firm hope or assurance that a person will act as desired.
That is to say that Bartimaeus and each of us have to walk in the way of the Lord with the assurance that God will work with his power on our behalf, to heal us, to restore us, to bless us.
As a child of God we can enter confidently, without fear, before the throne of the grace of our Heavenly Father (Hebrews 4:16).
IV. IT IS A WAY FOR WHICH IT IS WORTH TO LEAVE IT ALL (Mark 10:50)
The text tells us that Bartimaeus threw his cloak to go where Jesus was calling him, but we have to understand that the coat or the dress for a poor person was all he had, it was his most valuable possession, it was his bed, it was his protection when he slept (Exodus 22: 25-27).
The coat or the dress was so valuable to a poor person that, if he borrowed money, he could leave it as collateral, but they had to return it at night because it was all he had to sleep and cover himself.
Bartimaeus knew that he had found the true way, he had found his savior, for which he was willing to leave as much as he had to receive his healing.
Each one of us should ask ourselves: What is our layer? What is that in our life that does not allow us to walk in the way of the Lord, which is what we are not willing to leave to follow our Lord?
Let us remember something very important that our Lord Jesus Christ himself taught (Mark 10: 28-30)
V. IT IS A WAY WHERE WE WILL SEE THE GLORY OF GOD IN OUR LIFE (verses 51-52)
Blind Bartimaeus could see the glory of God in his life, and we will also see it if we walk in the path that Bartimaeus found the "ex-blind".
The way to the cross of Calvary led Jesus and his disciples through Jericho. Knowing the mission of their journey, it is very likely that they spoke about the importance that city had for the people of God. It was in Jericho where, as we are told in the book of Joshua, the walls of the city collapsed thanks to the power of God. Through what Jesus was about to accomplish on the cross of Calvary, walls were going to fall much larger than those of Jericho.
Undoubtedly recovering the sight was very significant for Bartimaeus of Jericho, who was surrounded by the walls. He had lived between walls for a long time.
Bartimaeus, like all those who had marched around Jericho many years before, trusted God. That's why I trusted that Jesus could tear down his walls. And when Jesus healed him, he joined the many others who knew that Jesus was going to tear down walls far more significant than those surrounding a city or those of the city.
blindness.
Jesus was going to tear down the walls raised by sin. He was going to tear down the walls of death. I was going to tear them down on the cross of Calvary.