Read Mark 10:46-52
Blind Bartimaeus is one of my favorite people in the Bible. He shouted to Jesus in faith. Even when people told him to be quiet, he shouted even louder, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.” Do we quiet our praise of God at times because people are put off by our loud praise of God? Have you ever told someone to be quiet; have you ever shushed a child who is praising God (expressing their faith) in their own way? Bartimaeus was taking no chances. No one was going to silence his faith and get in the way of his one shot to be healed by Jesus.
Don’t ever allow anyone to silence your praise of God and please don’t ever seek to silence another’s praise of God. Pray that we will always find the voice and courage to praise the Lord, even when people are trying to silence us.
Brett Spalding, Pastor