Transformed by faith!
Verse for Today: Thursday, March 28, 2013
Mark 10:50 – Throwing his
cloak aside, (Bartimaeus) jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.
We
often trust in the temporary comforts
the world gives us which hinders us from going to God in utter
dependence. But
unless we are willing to shed our trust in what the world offers, we
will not
be free to go to Jesus for transformation. Spiritually blind people like
Bartimaeus
had to shed their cloak of comfort and the rebuke of the crowd to reach
Jesus. The
cloaks and the walking sticks that this world gives only perpetuate
their
dependence on and bondage with the world. Jesus doesn’t want us to be
blind and
deprived. He wants our eyes open so that we can see His glory which is
possible
only if we forsake our bindings and dependence on the temporal things
the world
offers. When Jesus of Nazareth passes our way to change our lives, it is
our
moment of truth to go to Him and acknowledge Him as our only hope.. It
is our
opportunity for heavenly light to enter into our lives. It is our time
to shed
our life of begging for the mercy of the world and its systems of
bondage, and depend
upon Jesus to revolutionize our lives. Jesus stops for us at the
threshold of
our lives and asks us to go to Him by faith and submit our problems and
needs
to Him. The God of impossibility will meet our dire needs and
revolutionize our outlook. But we need to confess our nothingness just
as Bartimaeus confessed
himself as a blind a blind beggar. Jesus meets our basic needs so that
we can
follow Him like Bartimaeus did. Today is our opportunity to cry unto Him
no
matter how vast our needs are. He will oblige us and grant our requests
to help
us see His glory so that we can shed our dependence on this world and
its
temporary solaces to follow Him.
Dear friend, are you blindly
dependent on the world and its system to meet your daily needs? Are you taking
comfort in the cloaks and the mats that the world has imposed upon you to be perennially
under its bondage? But there is no need for you to continue to endure the
begging bowl of this world. The Lord Jesus is passing by just for you to draw
near to Him. He wants you to cry unto Him and let your needs be known to Him.
Even though there is a multitude which follows Him, He is still willing to stop
for you. The crowd will not show any sympathy, but will only rebuke you because
your loud cries of dependence and faith will be an inconvenience for them. Jesus
came to this world for needy people like you and not for mob which has selfish
interests. He is more interested in one needy and crying individual than a
crowd of curious people. He is ready and willing to stop to bless you if you are
willing to shed your dependence on the world and its systems. Just come up from
your beggar’s corner and live like a prince or princes for Jesus by faith. He
will open your eyes to see the Blessed One who is the owner of all the
blessings of the heavenly places. He knows all your needs and will answer your
prayers to meet all your needs according to His riches in glory. When you see
Him in His glory, it would certainly satisfy your every longing. His glory will
help you to leave behind your old lifestyle to follow Him. He will transform
your life as you walk after Him by faith. Today Jesus is coming your way to
change your life and meet your needs if only you are willing to go to Him by
faith.
Psalms 9:10b - … for You,
Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Thought for Today
Our unwillingness to admit our needs and to shed the cloaks of
dependence on the world often hinders us from being transformed by Jesus.
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