Matthew 20:29

 Matthew 20:29 says, And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.  Wherever Jesus went, great multitudes followed Him, but they were following for the wrong reasons.  Some followed simply to see what Jesus would do, some followed as many religious leaders did to attempt to discredit Him, and a some followed because they had faith in His power to heal.  Very few followed Jesus because they truly understood Who He is.  Many people still attempt follow Jesus today for the wrong reasons.  Verse thirty states, And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.  Two blind men, who could not come to Jesus on their own, called out to Him and asked that He, whom they called the Son of David, or Messiah, have mercy on them.  We all need to call out to Jesus at some point and ask Him to come into our heart and have mercy on  us.  Verse thirty-one says, And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.  The multitude rebuked the two blind men and told them to keep quiet, but they cried out even more.  It is a sad situation when those who are supposedly following Jesus attempt to keep anyone else from following Him and showing His mercy to them.  We as followers of Christ should be helping, not hindering, those who call out to Him.  We should never feel that anyone calling out to Jesus is somehow unworthy of His mercy, especially when they acknowledge who He really is.  Verse thirty-two declares, And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?  Jesus stood and called  out to the two men and asked what they would have Him do.  We must answer this question today.  When we come to Jesus, what would we have Him to do?  Some come for material reasons, but the only real reason to come to Jesus is for salvation from our sins.  All else will be taken care of if we put our faith in Him.  Verse thirty-three answers, They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.  The immediate concern of these two men was to have their physical sight restored, but they seemed to have faith in Jesus being able to do this because of Who He was.  Verse thirty-four states, So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.  We are told that Jesus had compassion on them and they immediately received their sight and followed Him.  When we call out to Jesus in faith that He is the only One Who can bring us forgiveness for our sins and if we accept Him as our Savior and Lord, we will immediately have our spiritual sight restored.  Then, we should follow His will for our life in all that we do.