"'Go your faith has saved you', immediately he could see and began to follow Jesus on the road." Mark 10:52 CSB
Imagine if you saw the headlines on the BBC or in the daily paper, 'Breaking News...Blind Man receives his sight.' What about another? 'Man turns water into wine'. These are the type of headlines that grab the reader or TV viewer. People will flock to know more.
Over the years, it has been the same for many Christian events, The Toronto Blessing and Todd Bentley in The Lakeland Revival, both in Canada. There have been many more earlier ones. Thousands flocked to these events from many countries. They wanted to know what was happening and they realised that they wanted some of it.
Jesus has always been popular, just check your bible and you'll see that, wherever he was, He drew a crowd and, rather like Bartimaeus in our text above, they have been healed by being in His presence. This should not only be happening in Worldwide Christian events but, it should be happening weekly in our own churches and Home Groups. As followers of Jesus, full of the same Holy Spirit, we should be creating headlines wherever we are. Not everyone is a preacher or an evangelist but, as a Christian we all know Jesus and He has no favourites, He can and will work through anyone who makes themselves available to Him. What he does in big events, He can do in you as well, your church, your home, your family and friends and your neighbourhood should realise who Jesus is and what he is able to do for them. We see people in the street who may be ill or disabled in some way. Do we pray for them? Yes, it may be quite invasive to just approach them and pray but, we can use the 'silent prayers' as they go by.
Things will only change in our corrupt world when we bring Jesus into the equation. Certain practices are wrong in our eyes and as Christians, we should make a stand against them. Only then will things really change as we begin to create our own headlines. We won't be popular doing this but, then again, Jesus wasn't at all. He didn't compromise or water down the Gospel or, put up with things because He didn't want to make a fuss. He addressed what was wrong and, we also, need to let our feelings and our beliefs be known.
In fact, Make Headlines for Jesus!
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