“The life of faith says, ‘Lord, You have said it, it appears to be irrational, but I’m going to step out boldly, trusting in Your Word’.” – Oswald Chambers
John 9:6-7NLT Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and smoothed the mud over the blind man’s eyes. 7 He told him, “Go and wash in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing!
There are of course many miracles in the bible that Jesus performed, but this one had always caught my attention. It was not the miracle itself, but how Jesus did it. He could have just spoke to the blind man, touched him, asked for water to make mud, taken the man to the pool himself, etc, etc. No, Jesus chose to spit in the dirt. Then while still blind, he instructs the man to go and wash in a pool.
To the onlooker and maybe the blind man himself, this seems a little odd if not inconvenient or even harsh to make this man, who has suffered from birth, to have to put mud on his eyes. Keep in mind that this is mud made from spit. And then have to find a pool of water and wash the mud off.
Why would God do things this way? Now the scriptures do not say that the blind man or even the disciples ask this question. But more often than not, this is the question or a similar one that we ask when faced with certain choices to believe God or not.
To make a long story short this morning, no matter how it sounds, no matter how it looks or what God instructs you to do, will you do it? Will you trust Him and have faith? The end results with the blind man were that after accepting Jesus’ method of healing his eyes and following His instructions, exactly, the blind man could now see.
As we go through this day and remainder of this week, will we listen, hear and obey God to receive our miracle? Or will we continue to question, try to negotiate or simply reject God’s Will and Way?
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Can you imagine our lives if we would trust God completely, stop questioning His methods and just obey His every Word? I know…it would be wonderful. Oh the things we could do for the Kingdom of God when we are no longer afraid and have complete peace and joy, because we know that God truly has our backs.
Here’s one final thing to remember. The miracles that God is poised to bless those who will trust and obey Him, is not just for our benefit. They are for our testimony to proclaim God’s power and glory.
There will be many in our lives that will not believe what God has chosen to do in our lives, but we must know that it is the power of God working in us and through us that is the real miracle.
Jesus asked the blind man after-wards if he believed despite what others were saying. The blind man said, “Yes Lord, I believe” and then he worshiped Jesus (verses 35-38).
The time is now to begin trusting, obeying and worshiping God. We’ve tried too many other things and people and they have all failed. It’s time to take and believe God at His Word.
Amen? Yes, Amen!