The Blind Realization

On one occasion Jesus was passing through a town when a beggar who was blind, heard that He was passing by. When he realized this he began to call out as loud as he could,"Jesus, Son of David have mercy on me." This man was one whose life was one long episode of desperation and difficulty. He had no home, rather lived where he could and on whatever he could persuade people to give to him, if they took pity on him.

Now, in Old Testament times God provided instructions as to how to care for the poor among Israel. There were ample provisions for their help and aid but as cities grew the poor among them also became more numerous and were considered to be under some form of divine punishment for sin. They were therefore often disdained, even though they were put up with. This man was probably viewed in the same way, but not by Jesus.

Jesus saw in him something He did not see in the religious elite and proud Pharisees. He saw that he possessed something the fickle crowds who followed Him did not possess. What was it? It was a deep realization that gave birth to his request which he shouted out to Jesus. This man knew he was blind. He knew that his situation was desperate and that no one but Jesus could help his condition and when he heard that it was Jesus passing by he cast all his hope, frustrations, desperation and his future, even his very life upon Christ. There was no religious posturing, not a proper and acceptable prayer that the leaders of the day required, just a deliberate call to Jesus from a heart that had no one else to look to.  Such a heart felt request has a certain boldness to it. Therefore, even when people tried to quiet him down, he cried out even louder, "Jesus, Son of David, Have mercy on me."

Do you realize what this man realized? Do you sense that your spiritual condition is one for which there is no true human answer? That is a deep, but powerful realization to come to.  When we really understand that Jesus Christ alone is the answer to our standing before God, there is no one who can hold us back from coming to Him by faith and receiving salvation from Him.  No one was going to stop this blind man from calling out to Jesus, and the heart affected by His grace is also unstoppable, we will not be denied, we will cry out to Him, and surely, He will answer. 

Jesus stopped in His tracks to speak with him and hear his request and will do the same for us. But how about it? Has the realization broken in upon your soul that Jesus is the answer, the only answer for our spiritual blindness and the searching of our beggarly souls? If so, as you read, let no one stop you from coming, asking, calling out to Him even in desperation like this man did so long ago.

Come today, without fear of rejection because Jesus will hear you and He will answer you and mercy will be yours and the healing of sins forgiven will become an eye opening reality.