“Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.” Mark 10:50
Sometimes, we have to do something different. We can’t continue to do same old thing. If we’re really going to change, if we want life to be different, we have to do something bold and dramatic.
Bartimaeus did something unique and unusual that day and time. It was not normal for a man to cast aside his garment. It was not the usual protocol for a man to leave his garment.
Sometimes we have to do something totally out of the norm. Totally different. Hebrews 12:1 says, let us lay aside every weight, every sin that so easily entangles us.”
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Note those words, lay aside every weight and every sin. We know the sins.
But what are the weights? Whatever is keeping you from putting Jesus first in your life.
Whatever is keeping you from running to Jesus.
Whatever is holding you back from surrendering your life to the LORDSHIP of Jesus, so He can do a miracle in your life.
Father, I lay aside anything and everything standing on my way to my miracle IJN
Shalom!