He wasn't like other kids. He couldn't run or even walk through the village without help. This poor kid was an outcast because of his disability. His world was void of light and color but it didn't stop his imagination. Dreams of what a bird looked like floated through his mind. He could smell the birds and hear the birds but he didn't have a clue as to what a bird looked like. His mother and father described the birds in detail. His father painted a word picture of a Blue Jay's wings using color and design but he couldn't fully comprehend. The pleasant melody of a Blue Jay's song resonated in his ears and the flutter of wings became familiar but he still longed to see what a Blue Jay actually looked like but he was born blind and nothing could change that reality, at least, that is what they told him
Many years past and the boy turned into a man, a blind man. One day a man, a man named Jesus, a Nazarene came to his village. The man Jesus and his followers strolled quietly through his village. Unbeknown to the blind man, his life was about to change, radically changed.
A disciple noticed the blind man and asks, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he be born blind."
Jesus answered. "It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."
You may not be blind but your world and existence are in darkness. You have tried to work your way out of this darkness but nothing you try seems to work. It could be your spouse left. You are alone and the pain of loneliness is eating you alive. Maybe addiction is ripping your family apart and no human power can stop the process. Like I said, you might not be physically blind but essentially all light has disappeared. My dear friend there is hope and there is light at the end of the tunnel. Remember Jesus told his disciples, in regards to the blind man, the works of God might be displayed. Get ready, the works of God can be displayed in your life.
The blind man heard them talking and a flicker of hope surged through his mind. He had heard of the healer. The miracles Jesus' performed in other areas had filter throughout the country. He struggled to stand to his feet. He didn't want to beg anymore and the blind man longed for the touch of the healer.
Jesus bent over and spit on the ground. He took His hand, mixed the spit and mud into little balls, and then applied the mud pads to the blind man's eyes. The Jesus spoke, "Go wash in the pool of Siloam." The man went away and washed in the pool and in John 10: 7 the bible tells us he came back seeing.
This is a marvelous story of the healing power of Jesus. I don't really expect anyone is going to come along and put mud over your eyes but the principle is faith. The man didn't argue with Jesus when he was told to go bath in the pool. He exercised his faith and it worked. If you will just be willing to allow God through Jesus Christ to reach out and touch your life He will. It takes willingness to do what is necessary to express faith in His power. If you are trapped in addiction, have faith to believe in the power of Jesus to remove the obsession and compulsion. If you are in a broken relationship, have faith that God can restore, rebuild or give you a new relationship. God works. There is no other power under heaven, that I know of that has the power to give sight to the blind or deliver a half-dead junkie. Today place your faith and hope in Jesus Christ and you will find the strength to go on, regardless of the situation.
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