Good Morning Friends,
“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 work of God might be displayed in his life.’”
(John 9:1-3)
Have you ever wondered why some people are
born blind, or with other infirmities? The Jews of Jesus’ day, including His
own disciples, thought they had it all figured out. People are born with handicaps
because either they sinned, or their parents did. That’s especially helpful for
those of us with no obvious handicaps, it must mean we’re pretty decent folks,
and so were our parents!
Those Jews were wrong! Being blind or deaf,
or having any other handicap, doesn’t mean that some sin is being punished by
God. Rather, it means that is the way God has chosen to create the person in
order to accomplish the purposes for which He decides to use them. That is His
right as Creator.
The man born blind in John 9, was born blind
to display the glory of God. One of the ways in which he did that was when
Jesus healed his blindness and gave him sight again.
None of us is perfect. Not all of our
handicaps are obvious. And some people suffer much more than others because of
their handicaps. But all of us are made in the way God chose in order to accomplish
what He desires to accomplish through us. Every person ever made has everything
he or she needs to accomplish all that God wants them to accomplish.
With what God has given you, are you
accomplishing all that He desires to accomplish through you?
His, by Grace,
Steve
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