Faith From A Beggar | Luke 18
Luke 18
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Chapter Notables:
Parable of the persistent widow - verses 1-8
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector - verses 9-14
Little children and Jesus - verse 15-17
The rich and the kingdom of God - verse 18-30
Jesus predicts His own death for the third time - verses 31-34
A blind beggar’s faith heals him - verses 35-43
Heaven’s Currency | Lemuel Ayudtud
Without faith it is impossible to please God. You could have a lot of money or even clout, but faith is the only thing that God truly responds to. Faith is heaven’s currency.
You don’t have to be rich in order to get the attention of God. In the last part of this chapter we are told about the blind man who was a beggar. He begged for Jesus to heal him.
As a man that did not have any money, he could’ve easily asked Jesus to make him wealthy or have enough money to help for the day. Yet instead of that, the man expressed his faith to be healed. To be clear it Was not the poverty of the man that Jesus responded to. It was his faith.
Sometimes people ask God to help them bring their needs to him. They feel like as long as I have a need God would respond. This story in the Bible might just show to us that God doesn’t look at the need. Why should he? God can do anything. There’s nothing that’s difficult for God to do. He created the world by His spoken word. What is health, wealth, or any great thing that is impossible for God to do? So it’s not about the need or even about anybody’s wants; God responds to faith.
Instead of talking about your need to God, express your faith in Him. How may that work? Here are some thoughts:
When sharing your need to God in prayer, express to Him your faith in His ability to meet it.
Glorify God instead of magnifying your need. The blind man magnified Jesus, glorifying the merciful character of God instead of his miserable condition.
Let God‘s nature instead of others’ belief system dictate your faith. The people around that heard the blind man call Jesus told the blind man to stop, but he did not. We cannot let the world around us stop us from expressing the faith inside of us.
Express your faith out loud. We bold about your faith in God. God is near to those who call on Him, so don’t be afraid to vocalize your faith. Instead of going with the notion of “don’t say it out loud or else it might not happen“ go with the faith that says “I’ll speak it out loud as though it already happened”.
Every day tell the Lord you believe in him. Say, quotation Lord I believe in you. I put my trust in you. Anything is possible with you on my side.
Ask God to increase your faith. Every man has a measure of faith, but it can be increased.
Again, faith is the currency of heaven. God operates through the exchange of it.
Like any currency, you get more by working more, so we build faith by “working” it. We have to work in faith so that we can have more of faith. That’s how faith works: the more you exercise it, the better you get at it. And the better you get at it the more you get “paid”. Hearing the word of God increases our faith. The more we hear God’s word, the more it raises or aptitude for faith. At the end you may not have worldly currency, but it doesn’t matter. Heaven’s currency is what we truly need; because all things are possible once we believe.
Lord, Help our faith. Courage to walk in it. Give us the tendency to yield do you by faith. Help us, not in pursuit of wealth in this world that parishes, but to pursue faith that heaven response to. In our every day life, Lord, train our hearts to yield to You. We ask this in Your name, Jesus, amen.
