When God’s Compassion Flows

As [Jesus\ 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. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, 'Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. And many charged him that he should hold his peace, but he cried the more a great deal. Oh son of David, have mercy on me.'

And Jesus answered and said to him, 'What do you want me to do?'

The blind man said to him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.

And Jesus said to him, 'Go your way; your faith has made you whole.' And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in the way. -Mark 10:46-48, 51, 52

Blind Bartimaeus cried out, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” In the Scriptures, mercy and compassion are used interchangeably. Bartimaeus wouldn’t stop, he just kept crying out: “Have mercy on me! Have compassion on me!” And that divine compassion started to flow.

Jesus turned and asked, “What do you want?”

Bartimaeus replied, “That I might receive my sight.” And he did!

When God’s compassion flows, miracles happen. Jesus had compassion on the multitudes, and He healed them all. (Matt. 14:14.)

Sympathy feels sorry for people. But God’s compassion causes His love to flow to meet needs or produce miracles in people’s lives.

We have that same divine love shed abroad in our hearts. It's time we let that sweet love of Jesus flow forth to a sick and dying world. People are looking for love and compassion. When compassion begins to flow through us, God's power flows. And when God’s power flows, miracles happen!

CONFESSION:

God’s love and compassion flowed through Jesus to heal a blind beggar. His love hasn’t changed: it flows to me and through me to others to heal, bless and deliver!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999