“Why
Was This Man Born Blind?
Was
It Because Of His Own Sins
Or
His Parents' Sins?”
Scripture
John
9
1
As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from
birth.
2 “Rabbi,”
his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it
because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?”
3 “It was
not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus
answered. “This happened so the power of God could be seen in
him.
Observation
Why?
... Why? ... Why?
On
this side of Heaven there a lot of things that we are never going to
understand; we are never going to know why they happened.
Some
things we can see, happened as a direct result of someone's sinful
behavior or negligence, like a drunk driver crashing a car and
killing someone, or a small toddler opening a door and drowning in a
swimming pool, but there are so many other tragedies that we see that
have no human explanation. We just shake our heads.
But
then there are stories that we hear about or that we get to
personally experience where the power of God is clearly put on
display!
This
story in John 9 was one of those moments!
It
is all about a man born blind, not because of his sin or the sin of
his parents, but he was born blind so Jesus could heal him and the
power of God could be put on display!
Yesterday's
blog was all about faith, trusting in God and in His goodness, no
matter what we face.
And
again today's blog is all about faith, trusting in God and in His
goodness, even if and even when, we don't understand why something
has happened to us or something has happened to someone we love!
Application
I
will trust God's heart when I can't see God's hand in something that
has happened in life, something that I just cannot understand.
How
about you?
Proverbs
3:5-6
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I would love to see things from Your perspective, but I know
that if I did then I would not have to trust You and my life would
not be a life of faith. I know that You are constantly working in the
lives of the people around me. I know that you are at work in the
lives of those I pray for. I also know that You are on my side. You
are my help in times of trouble.
I
do want to see people's lives changed. I want to see them follow You
and living abundant lives – lives full of purpose and meaning. It
breaks my heart to see those close to me destroying themselves with
selfish living, driven by the passions of this world. Set them free
Lord. Set them free.
Daily
Bible Reading: Zephaniah 1,2,3; John 9
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