FAITH CAPSULE:For the blind of this world, the word that heals might sound ridiculous but it will always cause ridiculing to cease.

John 9:1-23
 
A man who was blind from his mother’s womb was at a position of begging, stagnation, deprivation and mockery when the passing by of Jesus brought him out of his blindness. Many are experiencing Jesus’ passing by but cannot receive their deliverance because of situation that has kept them in bondage for so many years. Are you in the right location to receive deliverance but yet nothing is happening?Any inability to receive is not because Jesus has ceased to pass by, but because you have failed to enter into His commandment. Most times, His commandment sounds foolish but the word makes us to realize that, “…the foolishnessofGod is wiser than men, and the weakness ofGod is stronger than men.” (1 Corinthians 1:25) Behaving the word most times makes one to look stupid, but the bottom line is that, there are direction, deliverance and breakthrough in obeying the commands of God when we behave His word.When Jesus saw the man that was blind from birth, He approached him. He spat on the ground and mixing His saliva with the dirt, made clay and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay (John 9:6). After this, Jesus committed the blind man unto doing his own part when gave command that was to fully deliver the blind man from long time blindness. Jesus commanded the blind man, “…Go, wash in the pool of Siloam’ (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.”(John 9:7) This blind man was unlike the Syrian army commander, Naaman, whom Elisha sent to wash at the Jordan. Naaman was reluctant and furious for having to go to such a low standard river. He delayed his going and his miracle was delayed. The blind man, however, did not question Jesus. He went and washed and he gained sight. The blind man, because of his obedience to the word of God gained motion and stagnation ceased in his life. The blind saw where he had not seen since birth. Above all, his neighbors questioned his healing. The blind man responded stating, “A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.” (John 9:11)For the blind of this world, direction to healing might sound ridiculous but it will always cause ridiculing tocease and direction to become clear. The secret of the blind man’s miracle was submission to Jesus’ command by obeying His command. Regardless of how His command sounds in your direction remember that the foolishness of His God is wiser than men.
 
Prayer for today:Ask the Lord for the grace of obedience that is needed to receive sight for breakthrough.