Being Persistent In Calling Out For Healing

Our hope for healing is not centered on anything we may think we deserve but is founded on the grace of God towards us who believe in Jesus. When we gave our lives over to the care of God we became His precious children and were given an inheritance based on God’s love and favour towards us.  There is no unimportant child in the family of God.

 There is a story in the Bible of a blind man named Bartimaeus who was sitting by the roadside begging when he heard the noise of a great crowd passing by. He must have asked what the noise was all about and was told that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. He started to shout, “Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me!” Many told him to be quiet, but that did not stop him, he shouted even louder.  When we call out to God for healing, are we persistent? 

 I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you.  May my prayer be set before you like incense; (Psalm 141:1-2a NIV) 

When Bartimaeus received the healing he asked for, it meant leaving behind his former lifestyle, his source of income, and more than likely the friends with whom he begged. Having sight meant everything in the future would be new to Bartimaeus.  Are we calling out to God for healing, and if so, are we willing to leave our old life behind and live the new life that God is giving us?

Prayer:  Loving God, I ask that You fill me with the knowledge of Your will for my life and, by the power of Your Holy Spirit, instruct and guide me on the pathway to new life. Amen

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