The man suffered from physical blindness. At the time of Jesus, such blind men were reduced to begging because there was no work for such people.
There are two kinds of blindness in this story.
The first is the physically blind, physically unable to see with his eyes.
The second blindness, those of the crowd – who though physically able to see, was spiritually blind to the identity of Jesus standing before them.
The blind man could not see Jesus with his eyes, but he saw Him with his heart! He saw His true identity. He cried out, “Lord, I want to see”. In the Gospel of Mark, Bartimeus cried out “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Do you accept Jesus as the Messiah?
Do you see with your eyes or do you see with your heart?
In second Corinthians 5:7, Paul says “We walk by faith and not by sight.”
We’ve got to learn to SEE WITH OUR HEART.
It doesn’t matter how much you’re seen. It doesn’t matter how much you’re heard.
The crowd saw many more miracles than the blind man. The crowd heard more sermons from Jesus than the blind man. They had closer encounters with Jesus than this blind man. Yet, they couldn’t see Him. Yet they received nothing from Jesus whereas this blind man got the miracle of his life!
Helen Keller said, “Better to be blind and to see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and not being able to see”
The Scripture says “faith comes from hearing.”
Jesus said to Thomas, “Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed.” (John 20:29)
It is better to be physically blind than to be spiritually blind. If you are blinded to the Person of Jesus, you are going to receive nothing!
May we never be blind. Lord, I want to see.
Have a blessed Week
