I have a new appreciation for sight. There is nothing like the threat of losing something to paint a whole new opportunity for gratefulness. In our reading today (John 9:1-17), Jesus"saw a man blind from birth". The disciples missed seeing him with the same love and compassion because they were just casually discussing who had sinned - the man or his parents.
Can you see the next event? As Jesus said, "While I am in the world, I am the light of the world," he made spit and dirt into mud and put it on the man's eyes. It sounds yucky to me, but to a desperate blind man it gave enough hope to find the pool and wash. He "came back seeing". That means his eyes and his brain were instantly healed so that even the process worked. As Jesus predicted, it all happened "so that the works of God might be displayed in him."
Can you see the next event? As Jesus said, "While I am in the world, I am the light of the world," he made spit and dirt into mud and put it on the man's eyes. It sounds yucky to me, but to a desperate blind man it gave enough hope to find the pool and wash. He "came back seeing". That means his eyes and his brain were instantly healed so that even the process worked. As Jesus predicted, it all happened "so that the works of God might be displayed in him."
I am struck by our Lord using spit to heal this time when later (Matthew 26:67) He received the unthinkable spit and slaps in the face from the religious leaders as He was bringing about our opportunity for healing and forgiveness. How great is our God!
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