HE SHOUTED ALL THE LOUDER

PRAYER MOMENT 

Thursday 28 May 2015

HE SHOUTED ALL THE LOUDER

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Many of them scolded him and told him to keep quiet, but he only shouted all the louder, ‘Son of David, have pity on me!’” (Mark 10:46-52)

Reflection. If the disciples in Mark were “in a daze” there were some people who knew exactly what they were looking for. Bartimaeus pleaded three times for healing of his sight but, as with the man born blind in John 9, he got far more than physical healing. He receieved the courage and faith to “follow him along the way.” Mark seems to tease us by saying those who should have known what Jesus was doing didn’t know, while those who might be expected not to know were the very ones who did know. Jesus of Nazareth, for Bartimaeus, was the  “son of David.” In other words, he was the promised Messiah, or, in Greek, the Christ. Bartimaeus goes straight to the heart of the matter while the discipples dither on the outside, worrying about places on his left hand and on his right.   

Prayer. Lord, may we come close to your heart and know you who are the Way; a way that leads to Golgotha and to glory. Amen.

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