Faith & Love: A One Year Bible Reading Plan - Part 1Sample

In John 9, Jesus performs a miracle that is not recorded in any other gospel. The entire chapter is filled with Kingdom significance. It is important to note that Jesus' use of mud and spittle reveals something about how he works. He anoints the blind man’s eyes with the mud and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam”. He went and washed and came back seeing.

Couldn't Jesus have just spoken a word and restored the man's sight?

Why did he command a process before the healing happened?

Jesus often asks people to participate in some way in the miracle only He can do. It is not that their performance makes miracles happen; in fact, that is far from the truth. By participating in the process of healing, we learn to trust the voice of our Saviour.

As a blind beggar, he only knew himself as the label placed upon him - a blind beggar. Sometimes we too cling to what we have always been. The beauty of the gospel is that transformation happens. The man’s healing was instantaneous - he washed and then saw.

An even more significant change took place in the man’s heart.

For the blind man to experience healing, he had to let go of his former identity as a blind man and embrace his transformed reality. He could not continue to hold on to the old ways of living and believing because now he could see. He was no longer walking in darkness but had seen the Light, and it forever changed him.

Are you willing to go through whatever process God has in store for you to fully embrace the transformation of God’s healing in your life?