BLINDLY BLINDED
Mark 8:22-26

“Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.’” (John 8:12) Indeed and in truth, Jesus is the light of the world that no darkness will ever be able to comprehend. Jesus is also identified as the Word of God that came to us. John 1:14, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” A blind man in Bethsaida encountered Jesus, the Light and the Word of God. Jesus came to where the blind man was to be found, but the blind man needed sight to see the Light that came to his presence. The blind man had the Light of God, but there was no sight for him to see. How long have you been carrying the Word of God that will enable you to see? In attempt to give the blind man another sight, Jesus took him out of the town away from every kind of distraction. Jesus spit on his eyes yet he could not see. How often have you been out of distraction unto separation and yet nothing happened? The blind man was blindly blinded. How blind you are is what will determine what it takes for you to gain the sight that will enable you to see the light. Jesus spit on the blind man of Bethsaida’s eyes yet there was no clarity of sight. Eyes without clear sight are like half knowledge in the Word of God. The presence of Jesus, the Light of God, around the blind man was not enough for him to gain and begin to see clearly. Instead of seeing clearly, he could only see men walking like trees. He was blindly blinded. Are you experiencing the same situation like the blind man? Jesus knew that the blind man of Bethsaida needed to see clearly, so He could not release him on his own. As a result, there was an extension of Jesus’ hand for the blind man of Bethsaida. “Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made Him look up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly.” (Mark 8:25) The blind man of Bethsaida eventually gained the sight that enabled him to see the light. There should be no pretending of having sight where there is no sight to see the light. Attending to prayer for an extension of God’s hand in our life in every area of physical or spiritual blindness is what is best. Jesus moved the blind man of Bethsaida out of town to his healing ground before he could gain sight for light.

Prayer for today: Ask God to move you to your healing ground of deliverance where you will encounter healing and gain sight that can see in His light.