The Noisemakers Rattling Around in Your Head

“Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging.”

Mark 10:46

We’ve been talking about the noisemakers in our lives.

Some are obvious as we have seen, others less so.

Did you know that the quietness of your time with the Lord can be disturbed by a surprising noisemaker?

Say hello to your thought life.

It can be noisy, unpleasant and distracting.

And you thought you only had to contend with outside forces!

Sometimes the loudest noisemakers are right in our own head.  

We fail to take wayward thoughts captive but instead give free reign to every kind of fear, doubt and unbelief.

Talk about N-O-I-S-E!

So how do we silence the noisemakers in our lives?

The story of blind Bartimaeus in Mark Chapter 10 offers some insights.

Here is what verse 47 tells us –

“When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout,

 “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

He knew who Jesus was!

He would not be silenced.

The ‘noise’ he made in calling out to Jesus was heard by the Lord.

Ironically, you might say, his noise drowned out the noisemakers.

Do you want to silence the noisemakers in your life?

Take a lesson from Bartimaeus and cry out to Jesus!