Jesus passed by and saw a blind man by birth. The disciples asked who sinned that the man was born blind; and Jesus answered that no one sinned but it was for the glory of God.
We saw in John 5:14 that some sicknesses are due to sin, but here we learn that not every sickness is due to sin. We can say that sickness maybe a chastening from God when we sin but it's not always a chastening. Thus whenever you get sick, it's always good to search your heart to see if there is a sin you have committed. Your conscience will definitely tell if you are sincere and desire to please God. Sickness may also be an attack from satan and for that, we have to resist. Another cause is because we live in a sin cursed world. If you expose yourself to cold you can get sick; if you have wrong eating habits, you can get sick...
Jesus said that we must work for the Lord while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.
We learn here that if God tells you to do something; that privilege will not always be there. We must do it quickly. We must never assume that we'll have the opportunity "tomorrow", tomorrow maybe too late.
God will test you to see whether you obey Him in what He commands you in secret. He will not with a voice from heaven tell you to do something when everyone is hearing because you will definitely obey immediately because you are afraid because everyone knows what the Lord told you and you want to maintain a reputation that you obey God; but God speaks to us in private and no one knows what the Lord has asked of us and even when we disobey, no one will know and we can still have a good reputation. When God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac to Him, if Abraham disobeyed, Sarah would not even know that he disobeyed God. He would still have maintained a good testimony amongst his neighbours and relatives but it's because He obeyed God that we know what the Lord said to him alone. There are many things that God speaks to us to test us, He asks us to apologise to those we have wronged, to repay our debts, to give up something, or to do something; and it's always in secret. Our conscience tells us but we can silence it and no one will know that we are disobeying God.
We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The night is coming, and then no one can work.
Time is coming when it will be too late to obey. Don't wait for that. Obey now.
Jesus said that as long as He is in the world, He is the light of the world. Now that He is not in the world; His disciples are the light of the world. Mathew 5:16.
What kind of light are you. Paul says that we are letters read by others. 2Cor 3:2. People are reading your lives; are they seeing something of Christ. Someone said a Christian reads the bible but the people of the world read the life of the Christian. What do people see about your saviour? Do they honour Him or do they blaspheme Him when they look at your life. Rom 2:23-24.
Learn to always honour God.
Jesus spat on the ground, made clay and anointed the eyes of the blind man and told Him to go and wash in the pool of Siloam. We see here that there is no standard way in which Jesus healed people. There was not formula. It depends on what the leading of the Holy Spirit. This we must learn to always be sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit especially when we meet circumstances we may have previously met for we tend to handle them the way we tackled them previously and that may not be the way God wants us to tackle them this time.
The blind man also had a person who walked with Him otherwise He could not walk. We may not be physically blind but we are blind in many areas in our lives and we need the help of others so that our eyes can be opened. We need others to encourage us to obey God, we need others to criticise us and correct us and show us what is wrong with us, we need others who will walk with us and fellowship with us. Remember that Jesus sent the disciples were sent two by two so that they can fellowship and encourage each other. We need others to fellowship with and encouragement from others.
The blind man received his sight.
Can it be said of you that Jesus opened your eyes and you were blind and that your life has truly changed?
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