Louder Than the Mob

   In Matthew 20:29-34, two blind men received their sight from Jesus. It says that a great multitude followed Jesus from Jericho. As they went along, two blind men sat on the street. When they heard that Jesus was coming, they cried out to Jesus that He would heal them, but the multitude told them to be quiet. It says that they cried out even louder for Jesus. They cried out, "Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!" Jesus stood in front of them and asked them what they wanted Him to do for them, even though He already knew.  They asked that their eyes may be opened. It said that Jesus had compassion and He touched their eyes, and immediately they were opened. 

  This is a true story, but it also has a spiritual meaning. When we were lost and dying, we too had to cry out to Jesus. He was moved by our cries, came into our lives and our spiritual eyes were opened. The thing I find most inspiring by this story, is when the blind men were crying out to Jesus, the crowd was trying to silence them, but they cried out even louder. The enemy doesn't want us crying out to Jesus. He wants to keep us quiet, complacent and blind. Today, we have so many things trying to silence our cries to Jesus; television, social media, YouTube, TikTok, the list goes on and on. I'm not saying that these are bad things. In fact, these can be used to spread the gospel to a lost and dying world, but too much of a good thing is a bad thing, right? We have people trying to silence the words of the righteous, calling good bad, and bad good. The words of Christ are foolishness to them. Our cries to Jesus have to be louder than that of the world. They will not silence us. We have to stand firm, and cry louder than they, so that they may have their eyes opened as well. Today, I pray that we can be louder than the mob so that they too can receive their spiritual sight.