Determination to receive healing
Sunday, October 29, 2006
While I was worshipping God on this Sunday morning, I received a message. In Mark 10:46-52, the blind man Bartimaeus had such a great desire for Jesus and a strong determination to receive healing. His desire and determination moved God to answer his out cry. God used this message to speak to me too.
Bartimaeus was nobody but just a begger; he was sitting by the roadside all the times. In his days, people with disabilities were unfortunate indeed. Not only they were suffering from their disabilities, they were also despised and discriminated by their families and neighbors. They had to wear cloaks which signified their blindness, so that other people knew that they were blind. Therefore, their sense of helplessness must be overwhelming. However, when Bartimaeus heard about Jesus and what he had done, he set his mind to see Jesus. At this very particular moment when Jesus was passing by, he cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Do you have the same measure of the desire? Perhaps you feel like you are not yet in a desperate situation. However, after I was diagnosed with liver cancer, the only thing that can sustain me is Jesus. Whenever I am sad, facing turbulence of different problems, I come to the Lord until he takes away the burdens in my heart. Bartimaeus shows us that regardless of our situations, when we come to the Lord, Jesus surely listens to us.
On the other hand, when Bartimaeus came to the Lord, Jesus asked him,” What do you want me to do for you?” Bartimaeus made it very directly to Jesus, “I want to see.” He had such a great faith in Jesus. When the people told him that Jesus wanted to see him, he threw his blind man cloak, and he jumped to come to Jesus. He was motivated by his faith expressing his absolute determination to get healed.
In the eyes of people, I am suffering from a terminal disease. My wife asked me, “Kin Wah, do you have the faith that Jesus will heal you?” It is a great challenge to my faith. In this month, I have been searching my life, sanctifying myself so that I can face the Lord any time. On the other hand, I also have been reflecting upon the questions of suffering and sin. Is this illness related to sin-my sin or the sin of my ancestors? But Jesus told us that suffering is to magnify the glory of God. This all depends on whether we have the faith of Bartimaeus or not.
Today, I have to tell you all that I want the healing of Jesus, Halleluiah! It is because God’s power has to be magnified through the faith of humankind. May we all have the faith of Bartimaeus to experience and witness this journey of faith.
While I was worshipping God on this Sunday morning, I received a message. In Mark 10:46-52, the blind man Bartimaeus had such a great desire for Jesus and a strong determination to receive healing. His desire and determination moved God to answer his out cry. God used this message to speak to me too.
Bartimaeus was nobody but just a begger; he was sitting by the roadside all the times. In his days, people with disabilities were unfortunate indeed. Not only they were suffering from their disabilities, they were also despised and discriminated by their families and neighbors. They had to wear cloaks which signified their blindness, so that other people knew that they were blind. Therefore, their sense of helplessness must be overwhelming. However, when Bartimaeus heard about Jesus and what he had done, he set his mind to see Jesus. At this very particular moment when Jesus was passing by, he cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Do you have the same measure of the desire? Perhaps you feel like you are not yet in a desperate situation. However, after I was diagnosed with liver cancer, the only thing that can sustain me is Jesus. Whenever I am sad, facing turbulence of different problems, I come to the Lord until he takes away the burdens in my heart. Bartimaeus shows us that regardless of our situations, when we come to the Lord, Jesus surely listens to us.
On the other hand, when Bartimaeus came to the Lord, Jesus asked him,” What do you want me to do for you?” Bartimaeus made it very directly to Jesus, “I want to see.” He had such a great faith in Jesus. When the people told him that Jesus wanted to see him, he threw his blind man cloak, and he jumped to come to Jesus. He was motivated by his faith expressing his absolute determination to get healed.
In the eyes of people, I am suffering from a terminal disease. My wife asked me, “Kin Wah, do you have the faith that Jesus will heal you?” It is a great challenge to my faith. In this month, I have been searching my life, sanctifying myself so that I can face the Lord any time. On the other hand, I also have been reflecting upon the questions of suffering and sin. Is this illness related to sin-my sin or the sin of my ancestors? But Jesus told us that suffering is to magnify the glory of God. This all depends on whether we have the faith of Bartimaeus or not.
Today, I have to tell you all that I want the healing of Jesus, Halleluiah! It is because God’s power has to be magnified through the faith of humankind. May we all have the faith of Bartimaeus to experience and witness this journey of faith.
Pastor Li Kin Wah
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