Vision

Mark 10:46
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.

As I looked up the word “vision” in my thesaurus I found words like eyesight, perception, sight, view, farsightedness, imagination etc. I am sure you would agree that we all need vision. There are not many stats for number of people who have poor imagination, poor perception or poor farsightedness but we can get stats on people who have poor physical eyesight. There is up to two million people living in the UK who have a serious sight problem. Despite medical advances, some 800 people lose their sight every week. Have you ever thought of these terrible statistics?

What must it be like to have been born blind or to have lost your sight later in life? What problems would you have? We live in a society that is a lot better than it used to be in Bartimaeus’s day. We see from the above verse that Bartimaeus was blind and because of that he was also a beggar. We also notice from verse 52 that Bartimaeus was also blessed in that he received his sight from the Lord.

“And Jesus said unto him, "Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole." And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.”

We can make a spiritual application from this story. Before we met our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, we were spiritually blind.

2 Cor 4:3-4 says “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

Today, if you are also unsaved, then you are spiritually blind. As a sinner you are also a beggar in that all you are running after and relying on are the poor things in life. You are relying on the things of time rather than the things that are eternally beneficial. Our hope and prayer would be that you would be blessed in that you would meet the Lord in Salvation.

Christians we received spiritual sight when we realized our need of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the way the truth and the life.

As we live for Him we still need 20/20 VISION.

We need to see the needs of others, both physical and spiritual. John 4:43 says “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest”

Young person, clean out your eyes this week and see the people walking about without the Lord. Let us see their need and seek to win the lost for Christ. Let them see your good works. Do not let any thing mar your vision. Get an eyesight test this week and check for anything that may be hindering your sight. It could be sin or it could be something legitimate. Look at what the Bible says about Martha.

John 10:40-42 says “But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, "Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”

Let us learn to be like Mary and sit at the feet of Jesus this week, that we might receive 20/20 Spiritual Vision.