Devotion 16
The Blind Man
(John 9: 37-38) says, "And Jesus
said unto him, thus hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
And he said, Lord, i believe. And he worshipped him."
This is the story of
blindness. A man had been born blind, forced to spend his entire life begging
his livelihood. Then one day Jesus put clay on his eyes, sent him to wash,
and he saw!
I wonder why
nobody----nobody at all----praised God! Was it because they were too
preoccupied with their own concerns to recognize God at work among them? The
disciples were wrapped up in a theological question: What authority had Jesus
to heal, especially on the Sabbath? The man's parents were anxious about a
personal issue: How can we avoid being ostracized by the synagogue? Even the
man himself was initially concerned only with what had happened to him.
This is a story of blindness, all
right. Everybody in it is blind---to Jesus. Yet there He is, restoring sight!
I am blind sometimes, too---so
preoccupied with other issues that I fail to see the work of God around me.
One person in this story give me
hope. The man was once blind finally sees who Jesus really is. Immediately he
worships Him. If I focus my own eyes on who Jesus is, will I be able to see
what God is doing in the world and in my life, and praise Him for it.
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