Blind Eyes

Bartimaeus threw aside his coat, jumped up, and came to Jesus. “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked. “My Rabbi,” the blind man said, “I want to see!” Mark 10:50-51

BARTIMAEUS had a sense of who Jesus was, and he was clear on what he wanted Jesus to do for him. Even though he was physically blind, somehow Bartimaeus could see that Jesus was the King his people had waited for since God promised King David that one of his sons would sit on his throne in a Kingdom that would never end. He could see that Jesus was the Servant the prophet Isaiah wrote about who would make the lame walk, the deaf hear, and the blind see. Surely Bartimaeus had sung the psalm, “The LORD opens the eyes of the blind” (Psalm 146:8). And so he told Jesus that he wanted to see.

Oh, that our children would call out to Jesus and ask him to give them spiritual sight like this man asked for physical sight! King Jesus is able to give sight to the blind. He shines the light of his truth into a person’s life and eradicates the darkness. He brings clarity where there is confusion. When our children can’t see how beautiful Jesus is and how ugly their sin is, when they can’t see how valuable Jesus is and how worthless the treasures of the world are, when they can’t see how loving Jesus is and how much they are hated by the enemy of their soul, Jesus can open their blind eyes to see.

Lord, I don’t want ________ to go through this life spiritually blind, unable to see how sin only takes and destroys while you give and bless. Don’t allow him to sit on the sidelines as you pass by. Son of David, have mercy on him. Do for him what only you can do. Give ________ eyes to see your goodness, faith to trust you, and the will to follow you.