{"id":1306,"date":"2019-09-27T17:30:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T23:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2019-09-25T15:44:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T21:44:55","slug":"make-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=1306","title":{"rendered":"Make Noise!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m always fascinated by the story of the blind man in Mark 10 (also Luke 18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he heard that Jesus from Nazareth was passing by, he began to shout \u201cJesus, son of David, have mercy on me now in my affliction. Heal me!\u201d Those in the crowd were indignant and scolded him for making so much of a disturbance, but he kept shouting with all his might, \u201cSon of David, have mercy on me now and heal me!\u201d<\/em> (Mark 10.47, 48, Passion Translation)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blind Bartimaeus<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This time I noticed the ruckus that he made. “He began to shout…” and he was scolded “for making so much of a disturbance, but he kept shouting with all his might…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem to do something very important! But he stopped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus stopped and said, \u201cCall him to come to me.\u201d So they went to the blind man and said, \u201cHave courage! Get up! Jesus is calling for you!\u201d So he threw off his beggars\u2019 cloak, jumped up, and made his way to Jesus. Jesus said to him, \u201cWhat do you want me to do for you?\u201d The man replied, \u201cMy Master, please, let me see again!\u201d Jesus responded, \u201cYour faith heals you. Go in peace, with your sight restored.\u201d All at once, the man\u2019s eyes opened and he could see again, and he began at once to follow Jesus, walking down the road with him.<\/em> (Mark 10.49 – 52, Passion Translation)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do I want so badly that I’m willing to make a little noise either literally or metaphorically? Do I cry out for the lost or straying people in my life? Am I begging for more influence? For men to invest time in so they can become disciple-makers? Or do I think I have everything I need already?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, \u201cOh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! (1 Chronicles 4.10, NIV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do not boast beyond limit in the labors of others. But our hope is that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you may be greatly enlarged. (2 Corinthians 10.15, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. (Revelation 3.17, ESV) <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m always fascinated by the story of the blind man in Mark 10 (also Luke 18). When he heard that Jesus from Nazareth was passing by, he began to shout \u201cJesus, son of David, have mercy on me now in my affliction. Heal me!\u201d Those in the crowd were indignant and scolded him for making … Continue reading Make Noise!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-l4","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1308,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions\/1308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}