God revealed (2)

Yesterday we looked at the first part of Jesus' encounter with the blind man. Then came the healing. This made the Pharisees very unhappy (see John 9:6-17). What? Weren't they fans of amazing miracles? Actually, they took issue with what Jesus did. In spitting on mud, Jesus had made clay. The clay wasn't the problem. Their issue was that Jesus made something on the Sabbath. In fact, the Pharisees said, 'This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.' Not only was he making stuff, but he was also healing people. And they struggled with that too, 'How can a sinner perform such signs?' they asked (John 9:16 NIV).

Now, we know that Jesus is God's Son and the only non-sinning human to have walked the earth, but as much as we want to be like him, sometimes we can be like the Pharisees. Sometimes we have an off-kilter idea of who God is. We restrict him to times and places (like...worship only happens at 11am Sundays?). We get caught in the predictability of life and expect God to fit into our schedule.

But God is the creator of life. It's his character and prerogative to change, heal and resurrect. Maybe it's time we fully trust who he says he is and live out what he asks us to do.



So what now? Know someone who really needs a miracle? Pray for them right now and ask God to show how you can practically be the hands and feet of Jesus in their situation.





— SCRIPTURE —

'He smoothed the mud over the blind man's eyes.' John 9:6 TLB
— SOULFOOD —

Zech 5-8, John 20:19-31, Ps 67, Pro 30:29-33