Faith Healing

This week's reading from Mark 10:46-52 contains an interesting miracle healing,

They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Jesus stood still and said, ‘Call him here.’ And they called the blind man, saying to him, ‘Take heart; get up, he is calling you.’ So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man said to him, ‘My teacher, let me see again.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your faith has made you well.’ Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.

First, notice how the blind beggar perceives Jesus as the or a "Son of David",

"Son of David" refers to the promise God made David that the king would have an heir who would reign over Israel forever (2 Samuel 7:12–16); God also promised to "raise up for David a righteous Branch," the Messiah, who will rescue Israel from her enemies (Jeremiah 23:5–6). Jesus is descended from David on both His mother Mary's side (Luke 3:23–38) and His adopted father Joseph's side (Matthew 1:1–16). Bible Ref.

Next that although Bartimaeus' sight was restored by his faith, it wasn't until Jesus' judgement was voiced that Bartimaeus was healed.

I have seen some miraculous healings in my time, and when a patient or family member tried to give credit to the doctor, I would shift the credit to Whom it belongs, and when the patient persisted in crediting the medical staff, I would try to explain that God put them there, and it was He who gave them the knowledge to participate in the healing process. 

Still, how many of us are quick to give credit to the antibiotic when we recover from an infection or when an aspirin relieves our headache?  

Make sure to perceive and acknowledge the actions of the Son of David in all these things