On January 31, 2021, SF Gratia Church held a graceful Sunday service, full of God’s word, praise, worship, and fellowship. The sermon delivered by Pastor Walker Tzeng, was from Mark 10:46-52 entitled “Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight.”
In the sermon, Pastor Tzeng examined how we are all in the situation of Bartimaeus because of our spiritual sickness. We are blind living in this superficial world and not being able to see the essential direction in which we should walk. We are beggars because we are dependent on other people, enslaved to jobs, instead of being dependent on God. We are also confused because there are so many voices speaking and rebuking us, just like they did to Bartimaeus.
A blind man is able to walk straight, not by using his eyes, but by his ears. We also must use our ears to cut through all the noise of the world and hear the clear voice of the Lord calling us. Then, we must clearly walk to the Lord like Bartimaeus did. Pastor Tzeng encouraged SF Gratia member to make a 40 day walk starting on Lent, which is starting on February 17.
Finally, we see that Bartimaeus had true faith in the Lord and was able to be healed. Faith isn’t complicated, it isn’t some wishy-washy confusing direction. Faith is the channel for us to receive God’s amazing grace. Simply to hear the Lord’s calling, open our hearts, and receive the guidance he gives us in our lives. Although we are limited, God has no limit. By the cross and resurrection, he raised Jesus Christ from the dead and gained victory over sin. God can make miracles for our life too.
In whatever situation we are stuck and entrapped in our life, let us open our hearts and depend on God and taste the miracle of resurrection that will happen in our life too.