As we approach Easter Sunday, we are remined that Jesus’ death was not an accident but what God had planned from the foundations of the world. Jesus had set his face towards Jerusalem. He had an unwavering determination to follow His Father’s will to go to Jerusalem for there He would be crucified. On his way, he made his way to Jericho and as was leaving a blind man named Bartimaeus began to cry out, “Jesus Son of David have mercy on me.”  He cried out loud and he cried out non-stop.

The people around him kept telling Bartimaeus to be quiet. He was socially insignificant who had to live on the mercies of others. Jesus was popular and to the crowds Bartimaeus would have been considered a disturbance. But Jesus heard a cry of faith, not believing that Jesus would give him alms to sustain his pitiful life, but for healing of his blindness. He called Jesus, son of David. Which is to say, Jesus the Messiah, the anointed one of God. Bartimaeus had the opportunity to further express this faith, when Jesus asked him what he wanted Jesus to do for Him. He said, I want to see. Jesus touched him and healed him.

This Easter season, you may feel insignificant. You may feel that there is no hope. You may even feel that you are nothing but an interruption to other people’s busy lives. You are not any of these things to Jesus. Cry out to Him in faith, believe and Jesus will come to you, just as He came to Bartimaeus.