After struggling with a major glitch that was keeping me from posting, suddenly, today I have access to compose on this blog! I'm not sure how, or why it wouldn't work before, but rather than spend time puzzling over those questions I will seize the opportunity to carry on in the book of John!
John 9:3-12
Jesus, the Light of the World, meets a man who has been blind - in the dark - since birth.
Does Jesus leave him in darkness? No, He tells His disciples that while it is day He will do the work of the One who sent Him. On that day, God's work would be displayed in the life of that particular blind man.
Jesus spit on the ground, made mud, and put it on the man's eyes. It makes no sense that dirt and saliva would heal this man's eyes, and perhaps that's the point. An expensive tube of ointment, far beyond the man's reach in its cost, might be expected to heal - but mud? If a healing occurred, then it would be a truly unexpected miracle! Something only God could accomplish.
Jesus then gave instructions for the man to wash in the pool of Siloam, the man did, and went home with his sight.
On his way home he passes neighbors and people who had seen him begging. There was a debate over who he was - the miracle left him a changed man that some couldn't even recognize. The man insists that he is the same man they knew as a blind beggar. "Then how were your eyes opened?", they demanded. The man gave them a testimony that displayed the work of God in his life - the story of Jesus's healing touch that brought light to his darkness.
When we believe in Jesus, our life, like the blind man's, is forever changed. The people that we have lived and worked with may not recognize us, because the difference He makes in our life is so great. As we share the story of how Christ has touched our life, God will be glorified. And the ones we share our testimony with may have a question: "Where is this Man?" The blind man didn't know where Christ was at the moment they asked, but if we know Christ as our Lord and Savior we have an answer for those who ask: "He's in my heart - and can abide with you, too. All you need to do is ask!"
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