What do Noah, David, the walls of Jericho and a blind beggar named Bartimaeus have in common? They all looked foolish — right up until the miracle. In week 2 of The Circle Maker, Pastor Matty George challenges us to stop praying vague, polite prayers and start circling the big, “impossible” dreams God has placed in us.
Know Your God
Bartimaeus had never seen Jesus, yet he called Him “Son of David” — the Messiah. He knew who was passing by. Most of us know about God, but we don’t know God. Pastor Matty reminds us that God is omnipotent: infinitely bigger than your biggest problem or your biggest dream. Our biggest problem is never the diagnosis, the debt, or the divorce — it’s a low view of God (A.W. Tozer).
Capture God’s Attention
Bartimaeus didn’t capture Jesus’ attention with theology, wealth, or pedigree. He captured it with undignified, desperate, disruptive faith — he shouted. The greatest tragedy in life is not unanswered prayer but unasked prayer (Mark Batterson). James 4:2 says it plainly: you do not have because you do not ask God.
Silence the Skeptics
The crowd told Bartimaeus to be quiet — and it was the people walking with Jesus. Skeptics may be your critics, your past failures, or your own logic. But big prayers bypass logic: if it’s logical, it’s not big enough. When they told him to stop, he shouted all the more — and Jesus stopped.
Dream Big
Jesus asked, “What do you want me to do for you?” Bartimaeus had asked for coins his whole life; that day he asked for sight — the impossible. He also threw away his cloak, his beggar’s license, before he was ever healed. You cannot step into a big miracle while holding on to old dependencies. Vague prayers bring vague results; big dreams require precise targets.
Key Scripture References
- Mark 10:46–52 — Blind Bartimaeus receives his sight: “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.”
- Hebrews 11:1 — “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”
- Ephesians 3:20 — “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.”
- James 4:2 — “You do not have because you do not ask God.”
This week, write your biggest dream inside your circle — and pray it out loud every day. Then watch the full message and dream big.
