Live Boldly
He
called out, “Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me!”
Those
who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the
more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” -- Luke 18:38-39
No matter what you do in life there will be somebody
telling you not to it. There will always be someone to say you can’t or that
your plans are destined to fail. That’s just how life is.
Sadly, some of the worst critics are members of the
faith community. They are the modern-day Pharisees, so determined to protect
their rules that they miss the point.
They lash out at the Children’s Director for exchanging
the Easter egg hunt for a fun event that’s biblically based. The kids love it while
some adults grumble. They are the ones who’d rather use their tithes to add to
their own comfort rather than help the working poor. They aren’t interested in
outreach unless it’s reaching for people just like them.
Maybe you know someone like this. Maybe you are someone
like this. Maybe you wish people who just shut up and stop trying to bring
change. Maybe you’re one of the crowd shouting for others to stay silent.
Jesus’ church can never grow if we insist it remain
the same. We can never serve those He calls us to serve if we don’t want share
our pews, our meals, our money. And if we don’t grow, well, there’s that other
alternative. We die.
Jesus beckoned this blind beggar to
come to Him.
“What do you
want me to do for you?”
“Lord, I want to see,” he replied.
Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” – Luke
18:41-42
Do you want to be healed? Do you want to see Jesus
clearly? Then look to the cross. Really look. With an open heart, an open mind
and an open hand.
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