<TITLE>08. Par 20-22</TITLE>L-20 Bartimaeus would think of his precious little mother, how she used to tell him Bible stories about what the Lord did. She'd say, "Bartimaeus, you know, we Jewish people, by God's choice... He chose us to be His people because we loved Him and served Him. Bartimaeus, you may live to be a great man someday. I'm expecting you to be the king of Israel. I--I want you to..." Every mother's anticipations is for her child to be something great, and that's what she should be. And she said, "I have prayed. And I--when I knew you was coming to the earth, when God placed you under my heart, well, I--I gave your little life to God. And you know, I want you to serve this great God. I'm going to tell you how great He is, Bartimaeus. And you know, we were coming up out of Egypt. We were slaves once, and He brought us up out of Egypt," how He opened the Red Sea, fed the children of Israel out of heaven by manna, blowed in meat, quails for them, give them water out of a rock in the desert, and all the great things He done. And, oh, his little bright eyes would just... He'd say, "Oh, mama, does that still great Jehovah live?"
"Oh, yes, darling. He's just the same as He ever was. He's still Jehovah."

L-21 He used to love that story, and tell about how that the children of Israel used... Said, "Right down there at the old ford... One day the great, mighty Joshua crossed right down there with the children of Israel. Just around the city where we go get our groceries down there at Jericho, Joshua crossed right there, the great, mighty warrior, the servant of God. How Moses stood yonder on top of the mountain, looked over into the swelling tides of the river, and how that the unbeliever thought, 'This is a good time. We're safe. God is a poor engineer, pick this time of year to cross.'" But God sometimes just takes the worst hour to prove that He's God. Yes, sir. Look like He'd taken them when the river--brought them up there when the river was low. No, that ain't it. He just wants to prove to you He is God. He--He likes to manifest His glory. And oh, I just love that. I just love that, to see and know that He's God.

L-22 Then one of the stories that little Bartimaeus liked so well was the story of the Shunammite woman, because it had a little boy in it, you know. There's a little boy in there that... And she'd tell about that great, mighty prophet Elijah, how that God made him such a great mighty prophet. He lived out in the wilderness and didn't have many clothes, and he wrapped a piece of leather around him, and--and how he was a great, mighty man of God though. He lived under the anointing of God.
And he'd pass through a certain city, and there was a Shunammite woman there. She was a kind woman, and she loved God too. Although being a Gentile, she--she loved God. And I might say that she might've said to Bartimaeus, "You know, Bartimaeus, we are chosen of God. But someday there'll be a great Messiah come. And when He will--when He comes, He will be the One that'll call all nations, because this Shunammite woman... God is lovely to all those who will be lovable. He wants to come and help those who wants to be helped."


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