Once Blind, Now I See!
"The man healed from blindness answered and said,
“Whether Jesus is a sinner or not I do not know. One
thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
John 9: 25
Sometimes people who have cataract surgery are shocked by
how the world now looks to them, brighter colors, crisper details,
and sharper contrasts. Because cataracts develop so slowly, the
deterioration in eyesight happens slowly. But when the cataracts
are removed and new lenses installed, you're given a gift of sight!
Science works wonders when it comes to restoring
sight to human eyes. But there is one kind of sight
science cannot restore: spiritual sight.
Spiritual blindness is referred to in general when Paul says
we were “dead in trespasses” (Ephesians 2:4-5). Specifically,
God blocked Israel’s spiritual sight as His covenant people
due to their sins (Isaiah 6:9-10).
But Paul also promised that the Messiah would come and
open their spiritually blind eyes (Isaiah 35:5), something Jesus
affirmed when He came (Luke 4:18-19). Spiritual eyes can only
be opened by God Himself (Psalm 119:18).
If you've received the grace of God in Christ (Ephesians 2:4),
your spiritual eyes have been opened. Praise God today that
though you were blind, now you see!
"The sun is no less bright because
blind men do not perceive its light."
John Calvin
