Anna Bettencourt

Have you ever wanted to stand up for the beliefs in your heart, but the thought of isolation, ridicule, or failure stopped you? Maybe there was the feeling of being on a battlefield alone, with a massive oncoming enemy ready to crush any attempt you made to fight. Or maybe you’re standing up in court, with no defensive aid, and every by-stander eager to condemn and convict you.

I imagined a situation similar to this while reading Matthew 20:30-31:

Suddenly they came upon two blind men sitting alongside the road. When they heard it was Jesus passing, they cried out, “Master, have mercy on us! Mercy, Son of David!” The crowd tried to hush them up, but they got all the louder, crying, “Master, have mercy on us! Mercy, Son of David!”

Here two outcast blind men are alone, with a whole crowd opposing them. But overlooking the judgment of men and wholeheartedly pursing the mercy of the Lord, these two blind men give us an example of how we should be for the Master.

Jesus stopped and called over, “What do you want from me?” They said, “Master, we want our eyes opened. We want to see!” Deeply moved, Jesus touched their eyes. They had their sight back that very instant, and joined the procession. Matthew 20:32-34

I was moved by this act of boldness, faith, and hunger for God from people we may subconsciously label as having no influence. So I ask myself, and I ask you, are you willing to stand? Are you going to boldly declare and ask for what you believe? How will you make a difference in the world we live in?

Here is a song, “Savior” by Worth Dying For with the same proclamation of willingness to serve the Father. “We stand up, we rise up, to give our lives up for this. This burden, this passion, to burn our lifetime for You.”

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