As Jesus leaves Jericho on His way to Jerusalem, two blind men sitting by the road hear He is passing by and cry out, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!” The crowd tells them to be quiet, and they cry out all the more. In this message we look at three kinds of desperation in the story. The crowd was desperate for its own agenda and let the urgent crowd out what mattered most. The blind men were desperate to get to Jesus and would not be silenced. And Jesus Himself stopped on the road, called them over, and asked, “What do you want Me to do for you?” He came to bring healing and reconciliation, and He is still stopping for those who call on Him.
