In this Gospel passage we see the Lord moved with compassion and how he heals a man who has been blind all his life. Jesus gives him the gift of physical sight, and then we read how his journey continues as he begins to truly see with the eyes of his heart.

He is confronted with great opposition to the miracle of his body being healed. The people around him do not believe him and ridicule him. It is in this that we can watch the opening up of his own heart. It begins as he tells the Pharisees and the Jewish people what he knew to be true ‘The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes…”, he relays what actually happened, I would imagine that this too helped himself process what had just occurred. Next, the man takes a step further in faith and says, “He is a prophet”.

Step-by-step the man who was once blind comes to see with his heart and at the climax of the passage he makes a beautiful profession of faith “I do believe, Lord”. He is no longer acknowledging Jesus just as, ‘the man called Jesus’ like he did before, and he no longer considers him just a prophet, but alas, He is Lord! I would dare say that it is at this point where he is actually completely rid of all blindness.

As we look at the man’s journey to truly being able to see, his journey of physical liberation and also of spiritual insight. We look at our own story, written out in our hearts and ask ourselves:

  • Where has the Lord healed me and given me sight to see Him?
  • Where is there still blindness in my heart?
  • Can I bring that to Him today and talk to Him about it?
  • Where in my life is it the most difficult to see the Lord?
  • Where in my life do I need to declare, “I do believe, Lord”?

Samantha White is a 2015 graduate from Texas A&M University with a degree in Psychology. She currently works as a FOCUS missionary at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

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