ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.

Friday July 5th, 2024.

Topic :Take It By Faith.

Memory Verse : Luke 18:38. The blind beggar shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity and show me mercy!”

Bible Reading :Luke 18:35-37.Key Verse : v42.

As Jesus and his followers arrived at Jericho, there was a blind beggar sitting on the roadside. When he heard the crowd approaching, he asked, “What’s all this commotion about?” “It’s Jesus!” they said. “Jesus the Nazarene is passing by.”

This time Jesus entered Jericho and a crowd followed him. A blind man who was begging by the roadside for survival named Bartimaeus heard the noise of the crowd and tried to find out what was going on. When he understood that Jesus Christ the healer was passing, he raised his voice to cry for help trying to get his attention. The people saw him as making noise and tried to get him keep quiet, but he ignored their attempt to silence him and keep raising his voice till he could get the attention of the master himself. When Jesus finally heard he voice, he stopped and asked that he should be brought on to the master. When he finally appeared before Jesus, he was asked what he wanted from the saviour of the universe. “The blind beggar shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity and show me mercy!” “What is it you want me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “please, I want to see again.” Jesus said, “Now you will see. Receive your sight this moment. For your faith in me has given you sight and new life.” Instantly he could see again. His eyes popped opened, and he saw Jesus. He shouted loud praises to God and he followed Jesus. And when the crowd saw what happened, they too erupted with shouts of praise to God.” Luke 18:38,41-43.

Now we need to learn two lessons from this encounter that Bartimaeus had with Jesus Christ that resulted in his regaining his sight and bouncing back to sound health for the first time in his life. The first lesson to be learnt from this incident is the need for tenacity when we are seeking divine attention in any given situation. When Bartimaeus began to raise his voice to cry for help and mercy, the people rose against him and would have succeeded in denying him the miracle, if he had yielded to their efforts to shut him up because they saw him as Mr Nobody and therefore should not be heard out. He understood that such opportunity of having appointment with destiny through such a rare meeting with a man who had capacity to rewrite an ugly story in life doesn’t always happen. It was about his own life and destiny, so he refused to be intimidated. At the end he secured the attention of the master and got healed. He knew how to take his chances in life, when he had opportunity.

Another lesson we need to pick from Bartimaeus is that he knew how to exercise his faith. His shouting and refusing to be shut up was a proof of his unwavering faith in our Lord Jesus. Miracles and divine intervention are always activated by the faith of men. The power of God to heal and deliver is always available as long as the Holy Spirit is still at work on earth, but this anointing becomes manifest only in places and circumstances where the parties involved consciously decide to exercise their faith in what they are convinced that God can do. This means that even yourself can activate your own miracle to meet your needs in any situation you found yourself by putting your faith to work even now. “And without faith living within us it would be impossible to please God. For we come to God in faith knowing that he is real and that he rewards the faith of those who give all their passion and strength into seeking him.” Hebrews 11:6.

Prayer : Thank you Lord Jesus because you have solution to all my problems and answer to all my questions. In you all my needs are met. I come before you today by faith to receive your intervention in……… (mention the areas). Thank you for giving me a miracle today in Jesus wonderful name….. Amen 🙏🏿.

Yearly Bible Reading : Luke 7:1-17.

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