It is a wonderful day to give God the praise! Praise Him for the sun in the sky. Praise God for the air that you are breathing! Praise God for the life that you have! If gratitude is your attitude, you will lengthen your longitude and elevate your latitude. Continue to walk with God, and put all faith in He that created you! He loves you and wants to see you at your best. Be a blessing on purpose because that is the purpose of your blessing!
Good day to you all! I hope that you are having an awesome, awe inspiring week! You have a miracle waiting on you to believe that it is there. Remember, the only thing that can cancel out a blessing is the lack of faith. Try God, what do you have to lose?
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. John 9:1-6
Sometimes we blame ourselves for the situations that we get ourselves in. I read a Facebook post once that said, “If bad things keep happening to you, then you must not be living right.” This is a common misconception that dates back as far as the days of the Bible. In the above verse the disciples are basically saying what the Facebook writer has said. The disciples made the observation that if this man is blind, his parents were either sinners, or it was he that sinned, and was being punished. Whenever we find ourselves in a tough spot, it is not always the case that God is punishing us, or is upset with us. Often we are in those situations because so that God can shine through us and our situation. Our faith in God is what we must rely on whenever we find ourselves blind. When we can’t see a way out, we are blind. When we have more bills than money we may feel financially blind. When it feels like we have more enemies than friends we may feel socially blind. Then, just as we pray for things to get better we get mud in our eyes. Now, not only can we not see, but we feel dirty as well.
Dear Reader, I want to tell you that the best part of what you are going through is: the wash. If you bring your blindness to Jesus, you may find that there is a little mud in your eye, but Jesus did not put it there so that you could be dirty, He put it there so that you would have a reason to go and get clean. You have tried to see the world with your own eye, now try wash out this mud and be amazed at what you see! If we are obedient and faithful, when we are washed clean we will come home seeing. I don’t know about you Dear Reader, but I need my sight. Don’t let anyone tell you that because of who you are you are supposed to go through hard times. Don’t let anyone tell you that because of where you are from you are supposed to be in love with poverty and violence. God is working through you and through your situation so that when you make it out you won’t have any doubt that it was nothing but God. When you have faith it is an eye opening experience. When you seek God out in those situation in which you cannot see, you will find that your spiritual eyes will have a certain clarity. When you immerse yourself in a pool of faith, will come out with a new perspective and new sight. When God changes your situations and gives you that sight that you have been longing for, for so long, people won’t even recognize you. The change will do you good! When they ask you how did you make it out, you can tell them without a doubt that it was the one and only Jesus. Yes, Dear Reader you will make it through the darkness and the mud. Have faith and make a change for the better. I will see you on the other side of your wash.
You are beautiful, loved, and blessed
John Reed
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