By Phyllis Suske
Do we see with our eyes or with our heart?
John 9 is about Jesus healing a man blind from birth. The Pharisees question the man who insists Jesus healed him and is a prophet. They also question his parents who fear expulsion and say “ask our son” and then the Pharisees decide that the man is to be excommunicated from the synagogue. Jesus later finds the man and asks if he believes, and he declares that he believes and worships.
This verse shows me that you can claim to see but be spiritually blinded. You can have physical sight but not see the lessons that Jesus teaches us. Faith is following God’s plan without being able to physically see. We must learn to follow God’s word without seeing a miracle or physical proof. That is what God is truly asking of us.
I went through a very difficult time in my life and I asked God for a miracle. When that miracle was not granted I assumed that God didn’t hear me or just didn’t care. Nothing was further than the truth. He heard, he cared deeply, but had a different plan for me. I didn’t see with my eyes so I did not believe it.
God, I come to you today with faith so small that I can’t see a way. I want to believe you have everything under control and are able to see things that I can not. I know that you can do the impossible and I am trusting in your promises. Thank you for being a God that sees me and hears me. In Jesus name, Amen