Now We Can See

Now We Can See

Scripture:
John 9:13-25 (NASB)

They brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind. Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And there was a division among them. So they said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet.”

The Jews then did not believe it of him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight, and questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?” His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.” His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue. For this reason his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.” ²⁵ He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”

Devotional:

How often are we presented with some truth only to deny it?  God’s miracles happen around us all the time but we can’t believe they really happened.  We cannot explain it or it doesn’t make sense to us.  Sometimes acknowledging the truth means we have to acknowledge Christ.  There are those who simply will not do so.  It is far easier to deny than to accept and have to change.  It was simple the man was born blind.  No one disputes that fact. 

The Pharisees did not want to accept the truth.  To do so meant admitting they were wrong and that they had to change.  In their eyes they lost face and power.  In truth they would have gained so much more.  We are all like the blind man.  None of us can see.  When Christ came into our lives our eyes were opened.  We need to quit roaming around as if we were blind.  We need to open our eyes.  We see God’s miracles around us, some seem to be impossible.  That doesn’t mean they did not happen.  The truth is there and does not change because we don’t like it.  The Pharisees didn’t want to accept.  The man’s parents were afraid to share the truth.  The blind man could see.

Which are you?  Do you refuse to accept, or know someone who does?  Are you afraid to share?  Are you afraid of what might happen, or what others might think or say?  We need to be like the blind man, once blind but now we can see.