Why doesn’t God answer our prayers? Doesn’t He care about us? Isn’t He able to help? What does God delay? In the 10th chapter of the book of Mark we find 4 men who come to Jesus looking for help: the rich, young ruler (looking for eternal life), James and John (looking for power and glory), and Bartimaeus (a blind man who wants to see). Unfortunately, only 1 of them had their request granted: Bartimaeus. Why was he successful? What did he know that the other 3 didn’t? Jesus wants to meet our needs and make us whole. We must come to him in faith, believing that He is willing and able to help, come willing to wait and persevere, and come asking for what we really need.