FAITH CAPSULE: Call for the attention of God this year.

Mark 10:46-52

Crying out to God will gain the attention of God.
Do not shy to cry out for the attention of God.
Know that crying out to God is not evidence of weakness but communication with God.
The Israelites cried out to God, “Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.” (Exodus 2:23)
After the bondage of over four hundred years, the cry of the children of Israel provoked the attention of heaven for their deliverance.
God is a prayer answering God, and it could be that the children of Israel did not realize that they were in bondage until the King of Egypt died. Nevertheless, their cry out to God brought them out of bondage.
Jonah needed to cry out to God due to his self-created challenge rooted in disobedience.
Jonah 2:1-2 records, “Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish’s belly. And he said: “I cried out to the LORD because of my affliction, and He answered me.  “Out of the belly of Sheol, I cried, and You heard my voice.”
Jonah, a prophet of God, put himself into affliction when he disobeyed the command of God.
God called on Jonah, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD…” (Jonah 1:2-3)
Is there any disobedience in your path of life that can cause pain?
God listened and heard Jonah despite his disobedience. Will you cry by opening your mouth wide for the mercy of God due to your disobedience of God’s calling?
Crying to God is a way to gain His attention.
David, a man after God, cried out to God for His attention in the face of his challenge.
David testified, “In my distress, I called upon the LORD, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, even to His ears.” (Psalm 18:6)
Cry out to God in times of distress.
God was not a partial God to deny the crying of blind Bartimaeus.
Mark 10:47-48 records Bartimaeus crying out, “And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”  
The blind man Bartimaeus cried out to Jesus.
At his crying, there was no one in place to keep him quiet.Do not be quiet to be denied from gaining the attention of God for your deliverance.

Prayer for today: Ask for the mercy of God not to be a victim and not to gain the attention of God.