Jeremiah 17:14
\u201cHeal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a story in John 9 about a man Jesus healed of blindness, blindness since birth. Remember, the Bible doesn\u2019t mention things unless they matter. Blindness like this often points to something that was never fully developed in his mother\u2019s womb, possibly something like optic nerve hypoplasia. This man\u2019s creation was unfinished. But healing a blind man is not the highlight I want to point out, it\u2019s the way Jesus did it. Jesus spit in the dirt, scooped up the mud, and rubbed it on the man\u2019s eyes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before you say how disgusting this is, read this:
Genesis 2:7 \u201c\u2026then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Woah. Stay there for a moment. Then read this:
John 1:1 \u201cIn the beginning was the Word (Jesus), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This moment with the blind man was an intersection of time and space, of God\u2019s divine creation. His body was incomplete and broken, and Jesus stepped in with the same authority He had at the beginning, using the dust of the earth to finish the work in him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t know any of you who are completely blind in sight, but this brings up another kind of blindness, blindness of the heart. Another collision of God\u2019s Word shows up here:
Psalm 51:10 \u2013 \u201cCreate in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.\u201d
That word \u201ccreate\u201d isn\u2019t about fixing something small, it\u2019s about making something new. This week, may the Creator reach into the dust from which you were made and form in you a new heart, one that is whole, one that sees clearly, and one that is ready to serve Him, because you are wonderfully made and deeply loved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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