True Sight

I sometimes think that if I could live my life again, I’d be an ophthalmic surgeon. What joy to be the means of enabling a physically blind person to see! I was unable to become a doctor; but I can help bring spiritual sight to the blind. 

When asked to give my testimony, I find that the words of the blind man, miraculously healed by Jesus in the verse above, sum it up beauifully. Perhaps the greatest joy is to see the difference Christ makes in a person’s life. 

Saul, after his experience on the road to Damascus, saw everything differently and was transformed. I have met many people whose lives have been transformed since encountering Jesus. One doctor, from a non-Christian family, has such zeal and love that in her spare time she goes with a team to Indian villages to provide free medical care and to share the love of Jesus. I know a former murderer who once carried a knife but now carries a Bible. 

We were all lost and blind to spiritual realities until Jesus came to seek, find, rescue and share a personal relationship with us. Everything hinges on our response to him. When we realise who Jesus is and welcome him as Lord of our lives, we become like lights in the world.

Prayer: Thank you, God, for opening our eyes to see who Jesus is and enabling us to help others to know your truth. Amen