RISE ABOVE YOUR LIMITATION: (Mark 10:46-52)

Bartimaues, the son of Timaeus (Son of Horror) was born blind. He was not only blind but also a beggar. There is something great inside the beggar, which Jesus saw.

Bartimaues was blind. He was limited so he had to depend upon other people.

Ps 139:14 “I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made”. God cannot be limited. He was the last say in our life.

Mark 10:47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Though Bartimaeus was blind, he used what he had ie his vocal chord. He could shout and scream. He could not see, but he could hear.

Use what you have?

The Lord asked Moses “What is that in your hand?” Moses answered“A rod” (Ex 4:2) Then God said to Moses “You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you will do the sign” (4:17) Great miracles were accomplished with that rod when Moses obeyed the Lord. It was insignificant in itself but it became a power instruments when committed to the Lord.

What is that in your hand?

o Your identity

o Your influence

o Your income.

J.W. Johnson writing on this theme imagined the following conversation “what is that in your hand asked the Lord?’

A sling! said David. The Lord said, “It is enough, go up against the giant, and the giant Goliath fell before the shepherd boy David.

A pen! Said John Bunyan as he spoke from the Arches of Bedford Prison. “It is enough” and he wrote the story “Pilgrim Progress” which will live while the world endures.

What is in your hand?

Don’t keep talking of what you don’t have. Stop complaining of what you don’t have. It does not take great people to do great things but unselfish ones.

Someone has said, “The world is yet to see what one person can do if He is totally committed to His will”

What is in your hand? Don’t sell yourself short. It God has called you to a task. He will equip you for it. Use what He has given you and you’ll see what He can do with little things. Where God guides, He provides.

What am I doing what has been given. God uses ordinary, insignificant tools to perform extraordinary and large tasks