Sight Versus Vision

Psalm 38 is a prayer.It is the prayer of one who suffers.It is a prayer of one who is in desperate need.After pouring out his heart, the Psalmist cries out.Psalm 38:22 (GNT) - Help me now, O Lord my savior!Mark 10 tells us of another man in need of healing.The man’s name is Bartimaeus, and his malady is blindness.Bartimaeus is sitting and begging by the road as Jesus passes.When Bartimaeus learns of this, he cries out.Like the Psalmist, he cries out for Jesus to have mercy on him.Others, perhaps out of embarrassment, tell him to keep silent.But Bartimaeus cries out even more.Jesus hears and responds.Mark...

Both Creation and Child

After the Lord appointed Cyrus as king, the prophet Isaiah delivers the Lord’s word.In addition, Isaiah affirms the Lord’s role in creation and history,His words apply to the new king, but they also apply to us.Isaiah compares the Creator to a potter and the created as a pot made of clay.Isaiah 45:9-10 (GNT) - Does a clay pot dare argue with its maker, a pot that is like all the others? Does the clay ask the potter what he is doing? Does the pot complain that its maker has no skill?Some seven centuries later, Christ taught His disciples how they should pray.After warning them not to pray the...