Interrupting the Program
Google Images “We interrupt this program to bring you....” Don’t you just hate it when someone butts in on your your favourite TV series or sports event to tell you something you probably didn’t really want to know? The crowds following Jesus had their own agendas as the Lord and His disciples were leaving Jericho one day (Matthew 20:29). Hearing the hubbub, two blind men sitting by the side of the road, somehow discovered that the Healer they had heard so much about was passing right by them. It was an opportunity that they could not afford to miss. So they started to yell in the hopes that their voices would be heard over the crowd. But the crowd had its own agenda and didn’t want its “program” interrupted. The people tried to shush the blind men up. “ The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, ‘Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!’ ” (20:31). Of course, Jesus heard them and responded to their needs. As I read this story I wondered about h...