29 As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. 30 Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
31 The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
32 Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.
33 “Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.”
34 Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.
The faith of two blind men caused them to shout to Jesus for healing. People rebuked; their blindness stopped them from seeing Jesus directly; no blind man had been healed before by any means. But the faith and desire for healing caused them to shout louder and louder until they heard from Jesus' response. Jesus stopped His way because of their earnest shout for help. Jesus also stopped because of His compassion for these two blind men. He stopped and also touched their eyes with His healing hands. They recovered their sight and followed Jesus.
My Master Jesus, always preserve my faith in Your grace in all kinds of circumstances. Our outside circumstances may become so dark that we can't see any light before us that we are merely like the two blind men. But we are the flock of Jesus. Though we can't see Jesus with our physical eyes, we can still hear His gentle voice with our inner souls. Never lose our hope to shout to Jesus for help. Never lose our faith to come to Jesus. Jesus is still here with us. He speaks and we can still listen to His voice. His compassion never departs from his disciples. His compassion will soon move His healing hands to touch us, healing us from all our sins and diseases.
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