Mark 5-21

 Many say that blindness will cause the other senses to compensate for the loss of sight. Bartimaeus cried out to Jesus, knowing He was far different than anyone else. His faith in the Messiah brought healing and he knew that he had to get Jesus’s attention. What a lesson for the disciples before they began their journey without Jesus’s physical presence. The disciples would need to depend on our Triune God in ways they never thought possible. Could it be the same for us?  Depending on our Lord is far more than glancing through this story. It requires a desperate plea for His attention to the situation we are in.  Following Jesus sharpens our senses to be attuned to the Hoky Soirit’s promptings  

“How do we do even greater things? It starts with prayer! Prayer is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do. And that’s an awfully big difference—a ninety-three billion light-year difference! Prayer is escape velocity. It’s how we get outside our spacetime limitations. Prayer is the way we write history before it happens. It’s like our prayers exit the dimension we call time, and we never know when or where or how God will answer.” - Excerpt, A Million Little Miracles by Mark Batterson

“The people viewed Bartimaeus as having little value or significance. He, like the children, occupied one of the lowest positions in their hierarchal world. Thus, the people believed he had no claim on the time or attention of Jesus. Their rebuke was an attempt to put him back in his place. It discounted his need and his desire. Rather than quieting him, their rebuke caused Bartimaeus to call out even more loudly. “Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Mark 10:48). He addressed Jesus as the Messiah—Son of David.” - Excerpt, Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark by Steve Langford