SHARING BREAD
27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed
him, calling out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"
28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"
"Yes, Lord," they replied.
29 Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith will it be done to you"; 30 and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, "See that no one knows about this." 31 But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.
28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"
"Yes, Lord," they replied.
29 Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith will it be done to you"; 30 and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, "See that no one knows about this." 31 But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.
Matt
9:27-31 (NIV)
Is it not amazing how Jesus ever seems to leave behind Him a
wake of the miraculous which continues on to this day? While restoring sight surely points to an all-powerful
God, the changing of the human heart through the power of the Holy Spirit to
alter the ways of the wanderer is no less miraculous. Our verses for today prove to be no different
in the actions of Jesus. We discover two
blind men following closely on the heels of the Healer boldly begging for mercy
from His hand. Christ being the light of
the world as well as the fountain of life:
12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will
never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." John 8:12 (NIV)
37 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood
and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty,
let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever
believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow
from within him." John 7:37-38 (NIV)
“Miracles
are not the proofs, but the necessary results, of revelation.” Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
The promise God made to King David that the Messiah would
come from his body was well known among the Jewish people. These blind men not only knew but
acknowledged and announced that Jesus was the long awaited One – the Son of
David. Though deprived of physical sight
they, by the grace of God, were given enlightened eyes of understanding to
discern greater things from above - things hidden from even the wise and
prudent. The “wisdom” of the world is as
foolishness in the sight of God:
26 Brothers, think of what you were when you were called.
Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not
many were of noble birth. 27 But
God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak
things of the world to shame the strong. 28 He chose the lowly things of this world and the
despised things--and the things that are not--to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 1 Cor 1:26-29 (NIV)
25 At that time Jesus said, “I
praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these
things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this was your good
pleasure.” Matt
11:25-26 (NIV)
We see next in these verses that whatever our needs or
burdens may be, we need to seek first the mercy of our Lord Jesus for our
sufficiency, strength, salvation and path.
His will is pleasing and perfect – whether He chooses to heal us
physically or spiritually. It is His
desire for us to lean totally upon Him – those tired from excessive toil, those
weighed down with burdens or sickness, those who have reached the end of their
hope and rope and even those who perhaps wrongly surmise they have no needs
whatsoever, He urges to come to Him and commit their way to His. The safest place to be is smack dab in the
center of His will. His call is to all
and when we come to Him we trade our inabilities for His abilities, our
insufficiencies for His sufficiency, and our wanderings in a trackless waste
for His Way. Later in Matthew He tells
us:
28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and
burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take
my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and
you will find rest for your souls. 30 For
my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
Matt 11:28-30 (NIV)
And come after Him these poor blind
souls did. Not only did they come after
they proclaimed His Messiah-ship in the process - following Him all the way
into the house He entered. We would do
well to remember that Jesus’ doors are always open to bold petitioners in prayer
– we are never more bold than welcome. Our
Lord next poses the question of faith to those seeking His mercy – faith being
the great condition our Lord always favors.
Those desirous of His mercy must believe in His achieving power to help
for only God can open the eyes of the blind as in this particular case. This begs the question from us – do we
believe Jesus is able to help us in our specific need. Is He our first resort or last? Remember, in response to their faith Jesus
heals. The same is true today.
“Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot
heal.” Thomas V. Moore
What
I glean from this:
· Jesus always leaves behind Him a wake of the
miraculous.
· The “wisdom” of this world is as foolishness in God’s
sight.
· Jesus desires to be my First Resort.
