What if waiting wasn’t wasted but the exact place where faith grows roots? We open Luke 18 and follow a vivid path—from a widow who won’t quit, to a Pharisee and a tax collector whose prayers reveal their hearts, to children welcomed with open arms. Along the way, a wealthy ruler meets his roadblock, Jesus clears up the myth of buying your way into the kingdom, and we hear a passion prediction so clear it confronts our expectations of victory.

We share why the story of the persistent widow isn’t about pestering God but trusting His character, and how humility—not spiritual résumé—opens the door to grace. The moment with the children reframes access to the kingdom as receptive, simple, and dependent. Then we sit with the rich ruler’s question and Jesus’ surgical answer about surrender, wealth, and the “eye of a needle,” pushing past popular misconceptions to the core truth: salvation is miracle, not transaction. We also explore the possibility that the rich man may have been Joseph of Arimathea, a reminder that grace keeps pursuing even the hesitant.

As Jesus predicts His suffering and resurrection, we name the gap between our expectations and His mission. And on the road, a blind beggar’s desperate cry—“Son of David, have mercy on me”—becomes a model of clear-eyed faith. He asks for sight; Jesus restores it; praise ripples through the crowd. Through each scene, one theme holds: Jesus knows. He knows our motives, our fears, our attachments, and our needs—and He keeps inviting us to pray longer, bow lower, release what binds us, and see more clearly.

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