Eyes to See

At the end of John’s gospel, he notes that he could have filled libraries with all the stories of what Jesus did and said. However, he included a small selection so that we might ‘come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah...’ So when we read that Jesus healed a blind person, we are also learning about coming to faith in Jesus.

A person healed of blindness has a radical change of life. Opportunities for independence, work, mobility to name a few. Jesus also said that to see the Kingdom of God, we must be born again. We each have a blindness to the realm of God’s activity and providence in this world. We each need to have the eyes of our hearts opened so that we can live freely and fully as God intends for us.

Our inner healing takes place when we call upon Jesus. He is our healer. Ask him and he will ask of us ‘what can I do for you?’ Answer wisely and we can see again the Kingdom of God in our midst.