In the Gospel of Mark is a story about a blind beggar named Bartimaeus. The story goes that Jesus and a large crowd are walking from Jericho and Bartimaeus is sitting beside the road. He hears that Jesus is passing by and starts shouting out to Jesus repeatedly in spite of being told to shut up. Jesus to calls him, asks him what he wants Jesus to do for him, and upon request, heals Bartimaeus’ sight. Great miracle!
But how did Bartimaeus know it was Jesus in the large crowd? How did he know to call out, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Even in a large crowd, it is rather doubtful that folks were just announcing, “I am walking along with Jesus, Son of David.” If you think about it, somehow, in some fashion, someone had to tell Bartimaeus that Jesus was passing by and someone had to have told him about Jesus even before that moment. He had to hear.
When Jesus gives the Great Commission after His resurrection, He tells the disciples to “go and tell”. We can “tell” in a myriad of ways, but ultimately we tell – we confess – with our mouths that Jesus is the Son of God, the Messiah.
Who around you is a Bartimaeus, sitting beside the road, needing a God-sized miracle, needing to hear that Jesus is present?
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