Mark 8:21-26 tells the account of the people of Bethsaida bringing a blind man to Jesus. They beg him to heal the man…after spitting on his eyes Jesus puts his hands on them, then asks the man "what do you see?" The blind man says, "I see people; they look like trees walking around.”
As we experience life, when we find things pressing in on us and become overwhelmed by unfavorable circumstances, we often miss God whispering in our ear, its normal to not recognize what he is doing in our lives.
The blind man was able to see after Jesus touched him, even though he had been touched by God he remained unable to see clearly. Like the man in Mark we don't see clearly the changes God is making in us because he may choose to do things in ways we don’t recognize.
Paul tells us in Philippians 3:13-14 we are to "forget what lies behind and strain toward what is ahead of us", we are told to press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called us toward heaven in Christ. Forgetting all things good and bad so we don’t get attached to anything on earth, because we don't belong here but with God in Heaven. Don’t expect God to do things the same way all the time. Today’s fire is not found in yester days ashes.
The beauty about God is he always tells the truth. He always does what he says; and he can always be trusted. He always wants what is best for us.
Grab on to the idea of not holding too tight to an experience or thinking life will always be lived the way we expect it. When we make the decision to live intimately with God his plans may be different. His ways and thoughts are always higher than ours and he always knows what he is doing.
Oh when he says he is a jealous God, he means he is jealous when it comes to anything that takes us away from that intimate connection with us that he loves so much.
Oh when he says he is a jealous God, he means he is jealous when it comes to anything that takes us away from that intimate connection with us that he loves so much.
After Jesus touched the blind man’s eyes a second time he was able to see everything clearly.
Don’t give up before the touch from God happens that will make all the difference.
Don’t give up before the touch from God happens that will make all the difference.
Instead of looking for the cure to what ails us, look for and at the physician who has the cure to what ails us.
