35 As Jesus came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging. 36 Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant. 37 They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. 38 He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!” 39 Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”

40 Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him, 41 “What do you want me to do?”

He said, “Lord, that I may see again.”

42 Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”

43 Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.

Luke 18:35-43 - World English Bible

In Luke 18, a blind man called out to Jesus as “son of David.” From this title, the man assumed the Lord had the power to heal him. Most modern believers think the title referred to linage from the house of David, but they fail to realize that many (if not most) ancient Jews would have claim the great Israeli king as an ancestor; for them it was a matter of pride. (By the way, if you are of European descent, you are probably have Charlemagne in your genealogical background.) If the title had cache beyond bragging rights, what did the man mean by “son of David?”

The blind addressed Jesus as a Solomon figure, the son of David who ruled with power based upon the divine gift of wisdom. In this sense, both the message and healing of the Nazarene found its basis in God's Spirit, the prophetic dynamism behind figures like Elijah and Elisha who demonstrated the wisdom of God in word and miraculous deed. Through this lens, Solomon himself was a prophet, at least in his early years.

The blind man called out to this “son of David” for mercy, challenging him to hear his request, almost shaming him for a miracle. In other words, the man seemed to say, “If you are a Solomon figure, if you have God's wisdom, then you have divine power. Heal me.” The crowd rebuked the man, but the Lord gladly obliged and, as a result, gained a new follower.

How have you asked the Lord for his wisdom and the power that accompanies it?