Blind Faith
For we walk by faith, not by sight
~ 2Corinthians 5:7
Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. It’s taking God at His word and trusting Him to lead you even when you cannot see where you are going or what He is doing. It’s trusting that no matter what you may be facing, nothing is too big, too small, or too hard for Him. This kind of faith is exactly what we see in John 9, when Jesus encounters a man who had been blind from birth.
People had watched this man struggle for years with his ailment and seen how deeply it affected his life, so this moment became the perfect opportunity for Jesus to reveal His glory.
Jesus spat on the ground, mixed the spit with dirt, and made clay. He then took the clay, anointed the blind man’s eyes, and sent him to wash in the pool of Siloam. When he reached the pool, he did exactly what Jesus told him to do. He washed, and in that moment his eyes opened and his sight was restored. Because the blind man was determined to be free and healed from his infirmity, he followed Jesus’ instructions. Everyone who knew him in his previous state was amazed and shocked that the man they had known to be blind with no vision had finally received his sight.
Think about physically seeing someone spit on the ground, rub it in the dirt, and then rub it on your eyes. Anyone in their right mind would have been angry, offended, disgusted, and resistant. But this man couldn’t see any of it. He didn’t know what Jesus was doing. He didn’t know how strange it looked. He didn’t know how uncomfortable the process was. He just trusted the instruction in hope that his obedience would open the door to his miracle, something he had most likely been praying for his entire life.
Sometimes we want God to explain everything before we take the first step. We want to know how long it will take, who will support us, who will walk away, what we will lose, what we will gain, and how the story will unfold. But if God showed you every detail, every test you would have to walk through, every heartbreak, every betrayal, every embarrassment, every rejection, every persecution, every offense, and every moment of loneliness or isolation, you would run from it.
The blind man didn’t get a preview. He didn’t get a breakdown. He didn’t get a step by step explanation. He got an instruction. And his obedience opened the door to his deliverance.
I want to encourage you to stop trying to see every detail before you decide to be obedient and take the first step. We walk by faith and not by sight. Just close your eyes, obey His instruction, and trust the process so you can receive your blessing, your breakthrough, your deliverance, YOUR MIRACLE!
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