WORD TO PONDER:  BLIND BARTIMAEUS  9/01/07

Beloved, in your hour of visitation when I AM near, I will put it in your spirit tenacious a persistence to call out until you are heard.  The abusive voices of religion and propriety may try to stop you, but trust the unstoppable instinct you have to recognize your season of visitation when mercy is beckoning you.  When you hear My call upon your heart, cast off the old garments of your past, rise up and come to Me.  As I extend My favor to listen to your plea for mercy, your unstoppable faith will grant your request.

Mark 10:52 NKJV

Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"  Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called.  Then they called the blind man, saying to him, "Be of good cheer. Rise, He is calling you."  And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus.  So Jesus answered and said to him, "What do you want Me to do for you?" The blind man said to Him, "Rabboni, that I may receive my sight." Then Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.