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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"IS SATAN STOPPING YOUR BLESSINGS?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
HAVE YOU EVER WORRIED ABOUT EXPRESSING YOUR LOVE FOR JESUS IN PUBLIC? A LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T BECAUSE THEY "MIGHT OFFEND SOMEONE". YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK OF THAT, WHAT IF JESUS THOUGH HE MIGHT OFFEND SOMEONE AND NOT HAVE GONE TO THE CROSS FOR US. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TROUBLE WE WOULD BE IN? EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE A LESSON FROM BLIND BART.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT STORY? WHEN BLIND BARTIMAEUS WAS SITTING BY THE ROADSIDE BEGGING, HE HEARD THAT JESUS WAS PASSING BY AND CRIED OUT TO HIM. THIS STORY IS FOUND IN MARK 10:46-48 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
WHAT WAS SURPRISING TO ME WAS THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WERE TELLING HIM TO BE QUIET. BLIND BART DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE WHAT PEOPLE WERE TELLING HIM TO DO BECAUSE TO HIM, THIS WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME CHANCE FOR HIM AND HE WAS NOT GOING TO MISS IT. YOU WILL NOTICE HOW HE ADDRESSED JESUS. HE CALLED OUT, "JESUS, THOU SON OF DAVID". THIS SEEMS TO SHOW THAT HE KNEW AND BELIEVED THAT JESUS WAS THE KING OF THE JEWS AND THAT HE HAD A CLAIM TO THE JEWISH COVENANT.
THE LESSON WE SHOULD LEARN FROM BLIND BART IS THAT WHEN WE ARE HURTING OR ARE IN NEED, DON'T LET THE DEVIL USE SOMEONE TO TELL US NOT TO EXPECT ANYTHING FROM JESUS. WE NEED TO LET GO OF OUR PRIDE AND CALL OUT TO JESUS NO MATTER WHO IT MAY OFFEND. IT CERTAINLY WON'T OFFEND JESUS. HE LOVES US AND HIS PROMISES ARE REAL. JUST BELIEVE AND RECEIVE.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
