Born Blind

How does someone born blind know what sight is really like, having never seen? How does someone born deaf know what it is like to actually hear? They have never experienced it. We can describe it to them, but they will never truly know what ANY of these things are like until they become a reality in their own lives.

"As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. ²And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” ³Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. ⁴We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

⁶Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud ⁷and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing." - John 9:17

Nowhere in this story does it say that the man ASKED for his sight. Only that Jesus gave the man his sight. Interesting. That's because Jesus was demonstrating his healing power for OTHERS to "see."

"that the works of God might be displayed in him."

We are ALL born blind in a spiritual sense. Some people receive their spiritual sight at an early age. For others it takes decades. And sadly, there are many who will be blind their entire lives - never having encountered the risen Christ.

When we repent of our sins and come to a saving faith in Jesus, the Holy Spirit enters us. As the Bible says, "we become changed" and "if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." 2 Corinthians 5:17

Have we had our eyes opened by Jesus? The things we do and they way we live our lives are witnesses to God changing us. It is for His glory and through His grace that He has done this. Rejoice!

"One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” - the man born blind (John 9:25).