Point for Meditation: Mark 10:52 - “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” God desires to give us good gifts. We should ask God and have faith in Him to give. And we should do so not just for ourselves, but for others as well. The prayer of faith will raise up the sick.

Jesus left Jericho after having stayed there at the house of Zacchaeus. Along the road, two blind men cry out for Jesus, though the crowd following tries to quiet them. There are two accounts of this story, one in Matthew 20:29-34, and the other in Mark 10:46-52, which gives a bit more detail about one of the two blind men.

Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. ⁴⁷And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁸Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁹So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. Then they called the blind man, saying to him, “Be of good cheer. Rise, He is calling you.” ⁵⁰And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus. ⁵¹So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?” The blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.” ⁵²Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.

Jesus asked Bartimaeus “What do you want me to do for you?” There’s a small lesson here in that God knows what we need before we ask, but He still wants us to ask Him and seek His will. “Ask and you shall receive” is a saying Jesus made more than once and in different circumstances (Matthew 21:22, 1 John 3:22). One such time, He made that point by saying “What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? … How much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” (Matthew 7:11).

When Bartimaeus did ask for his sight, Jesus detected that he had the faith to be healed. He had compassion on him and gave him sight, and Bartimaeus became a follower of Christ that day.

Today's Point for Meditation: Mark 10:52 - “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” God desires to give us good gifts. We should ask God and have faith in Him to give. And we should do so not just for ourselves, but for others as well. The prayer of faith will raise up the sick.