Mark 10

Verse 47-48

"When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Many rebuked him and told him to e quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Bartimaeus is shouting and the crowd tells him to shut up.

How many would stop and blend into the crowd? Especially unable to see where Jesus was going, if he was turning towards him or long gone.

But this man, although blind, could see the value of going against the crowd here; he could see the value of Jesus Christ and all that He was. So he called all the louder.

What would have happened if he had stopped shouting? We can't say for certain but this we can the words "Go, your faith has healed you" would never have been said.

"Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."

Let us persevere in following Christ, pressing on towards the goal, pushing through every trial with gladness proclaiming our weaknesses and God's strength to help us and build us up.

Hebrews 10:39 "But we are not those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved."