The two blind men in today’s Gospel passage don’t merely ask Jesu to heal them; they come up to Jesus and say, “Son of David, have pity on us. That was an expression of their faith in Him. They follow Him until He reaches the house to which He is going, and they go inside, at which point Jesus turns to them and says, “Do you believe that I can do this?” Their answer to Jesus’ question was another expression of their faith, “Yes, LORD.”
This image of the two blind men making their prayer of faith as Jesus walks along invites us to keep on praying out of our faith. Like the two blind men, we very often pray when we are aware of our needs. Thankfully, most of us have the gift of sight, but we are all needy in other ways. There can be areas of blindness in our lives that need healing; we all struggle with weakness and disability of one kind or another, ways in which we are broken and vulnerable. The example of the two blind men encourages us to keep turning to the LORD in prayer, even when He appears not to be listening to us. Ultimately, our prayer of faith will not go unanswered.+
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