Blind
I like to think I have a good set of eyes. I don’t need glasses and I can normally make out road signs before whomever I’m with can. I’m grateful for my ability to see.
But there are days when I run on a route I’ve taken numerous times before and I find myself shocked to see something new. I can tell that even though it’s new to me, it’s been there far longer than I’ve been running that route. I was blind to it.
Yet before running the route that day, I’m sure I would have told you that I was very familiar with the route.
Jesus makes a blind-man see on the Sabbath. The law doesn’t allow that, so the Pharisees cornered the guy who could now see to interrogate him. Jesus found the man afterward and this is what happened.
John 9:35-41
35 When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36 The man answered, “Who is he, sir? I want to believe in him.”
37 “You have seen him,” Jesus said, “and he is speaking to you!”
38 “Yes, Lord, I believe!” the man said. And he worshiped Jesus.
39 Then Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.”
40 Some Pharisees who were standing nearby heard him and asked, “Are you saying we’re blind?”
41 “If you were blind, you wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you remain guilty because you claim you can see.”
It seems to me that there’s always something more to see. There’s always something that we haven’t opened our eyes to. I love seeing new things when I’m out running, but it’s difficult to see anything new when I claim I’ve already seen it all.
The lesson? Don’t claim to see, claim to be blind and ask to see.
But there are days when I run on a route I’ve taken numerous times before and I find myself shocked to see something new. I can tell that even though it’s new to me, it’s been there far longer than I’ve been running that route. I was blind to it.
Yet before running the route that day, I’m sure I would have told you that I was very familiar with the route.
Jesus makes a blind-man see on the Sabbath. The law doesn’t allow that, so the Pharisees cornered the guy who could now see to interrogate him. Jesus found the man afterward and this is what happened.
John 9:35-41
35 When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36 The man answered, “Who is he, sir? I want to believe in him.”
37 “You have seen him,” Jesus said, “and he is speaking to you!”
38 “Yes, Lord, I believe!” the man said. And he worshiped Jesus.
39 Then Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.”
40 Some Pharisees who were standing nearby heard him and asked, “Are you saying we’re blind?”
41 “If you were blind, you wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you remain guilty because you claim you can see.”
It seems to me that there’s always something more to see. There’s always something that we haven’t opened our eyes to. I love seeing new things when I’m out running, but it’s difficult to see anything new when I claim I’ve already seen it all.
The lesson? Don’t claim to see, claim to be blind and ask to see.
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