Now as Jesus passed
by, He saw a man who was blind from birth…
Jesus spat on the
ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man
with the clay. 7 And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of
Siloam”. So he went and washed, and came back seeing.
وَفِيمَا هُوَ
مُجْتَازٌ رَأَى إِنْسَانًا أَعْمَى مُنْذُ وِلاَدَتِه6قَالَ هذَا
وَتَفَلَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَصَنَعَ مِنَ التُّفْلِ طِينًا وَطَلَى بِالطِّينِ
عَيْنَيِ الأَعْمَى. 7وَقَالَ لَهُ: «اذْهَبِ اغْتَسِلْ فِي بِرْكَةِ
سِلْوَامَ» الَّذِي تَفْسِيرُهُ: مُرْسَلٌ، فَمَضَى وَاغْتَسَلَ وَأَتَى بَصِيرًا.
John 9:1, 6, 7
Jesus had healed people before by just touching them.
So why did Jesus choose a new method? Why did Jesus spit and heal this blind
man in this way? The reason is: this man had no eyes, not blind eyes.
Spit and dirt (clay) mixed and put on the face does
not sound very nice. Do you agree? The blind man could have reacted by
saying something like ‘How dare you spit on me and make my eyes full of mud, I
thought you were going to heal me, not make me worse’. But he didn’t, he
totally trusted Jesus and went to wash. I have learnt that Archeologists
say that Siloam; where the blind man had to go and wash; is very big with wide
steps on 3 sides, and is very difficult to get into. One needs to be courageous
and brave to go in and it is extremely difficult to go into when you cannot
see.
But the blind man went and washed and was healed and
could see for the first time.
Some of my lessons learned:
- I should never put Jesus in a box, for His ways are totally different than our ways. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD. Isaiah 55
- I need to Trust in the LORD with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding Proverbs 3:5
- What I want and pray for may not be delivered in the fashion I am thinking about.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Abba Father, thank You for loving me with a deep and everlasting love. Help me
to ‘see’ Your ways and understand Your thoughts. Lord, give me wisdom to not
lean on my own understanding and strengthen me to trust You and follow You with
all my heart and all my mind, soul and strength. Thank You Father for Your
abundant blessings in my life, and for the riches of Your grace upon my life. God I praise You, revere You, worship You, I stand in awe
of You, I lift You up on high, and glorify Your Holy Name. In the Holy Name of Jesus I pray.
To Him be the glory and the power
and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Jesus lov
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
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