 There was a man in the Bible and we see him in Mark chapter 10 verse 51 and verse 52 says the following and Jesus answered and said to him what do you want me to do for you? The blind man said to him Rabbuni that I may receive my side then Jesus said to him go your way your fate has made you well and Immediately he received his side and followed Jesus on the road Now let me give you a quick backstory Bartimaeus Was a beggar He wasn't poor. He was very very poor It's one thing when we don't have enough funds to go to a movie on the weekend It's another thing when you don't have enough money to buy new rims for your car or those new shoes that are $65 or $600 purse. It's it's one thing that kind of poverty But the poverty Bartimaeus was experiencing is poverty most of us don't even fathom and imagine What because of that lack of inability to see he had to actually stand on the road and not fake a sign That I need to go to Montana and I just need money All right arrived in Tracities and nobody met me to took me to a hotel. Could you just borrow me 60 bucks? He actually was blind He was a beggar. That's all he lived for asking people to give him money and Jesus passes by here is an opportunity to ask Jesus for a lot Doesn't God help us with our needs and Jesus passes by and Bartimaeus has a decision Do I ask him for money or do I ask him for something more important? What would you ask Jesus knowing he could give you a check for a million dollars? But Bartimaeus doesn't ask Jesus for money. He said Jesus I Want to see Broke like a joke Have never had a job. I don't have a resume. I never finished high school It's dangerous if I will see because I don't know what I will have to start But Jesus my biggest problem is not my banking and lack of money I don't have a vision if you give me a vision I will find a job and I will know what to do with that money your biggest need is not money It's a vision Can somebody say amen? Bartimaeus chooses us a lesson blindness is The cause of poverty Blindness is ignorance Anytime we are ignorant in the area of finances But we are educated in the level of engineering in the area of engineering. We are educated in the area of being a teacher We may be educated in the area of knowing theology We may be educated in the level of knowing how to work with bricks or knowing how to fix a vehicle in The area of finances if you and I are not educated by God's word and by proper good material in that area You and I are blind In the area you are ignorant in is the area you are blind in and in that area you will be always struggling Bartimaeus knew My problem is not lack of money. My problem is ignorance I'm blind if Jesus can give me my sight. I Will no longer be a beggar. I Won't become rich right away We don't see Bartimaeus becoming wealthy in the next verse, but we see in the next verse Bartimaeus stopped begging Because he started to walk after Jesus I Realized that in my own personal life and you have to come to that point in your own We need a vision