Devotions Archive Archive: 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 Search Archive Print This Article Born blind Sunday, March 6, 2005 1 Samuel 16:7 The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. John 9:1 As Jesus walked along he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus goes on to say the man is blind "so that the work of God might be displayed in his life." He spits in the dust and applies new damp mud to the man's eyes. When his eyes are washed clean, the overjoyed man suddenly sees the world for the first time. To Jesus it must have seemed that all the earth was blind. Since the fall no one saw God clearly, no one knew the beauty and love and consistency of God. Jesus, who saw it all, became light to those around him. For the first time since the creation of the world it was possible for sinful men and women to see God. "As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." This is high drama. Jesus knows how very little time he has. I try so hard to see clearly, to be reasonable, to understand the way things are. I look deeply into my friend's eyes, wanting to know truth. I look in the mirror and hope I am seeing myself honestly. When I pray I seek God as I know him, as I understand him, and I have experienced him. But this is not enough. Jesus is the light, and without his saliva and dust on my own eyes, I am blind as I can be. No other light will illuminate my heart, shine on my relationships, and penetrate the veil I've put between myself and God. Shine your light on me, Jesus. Wash me, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will see. "; Add      Edit    Delete