"One thing I know; that though I was blind, now I see." John 9:25 NKJV
One day Jesus changed a blind beggar's life forever. He had been born blind and therefore had to beg to eat. Jesus saw this young man and had compassion. He rubbed saliva and clay on to his eyes and then told him to go and wash it off in the pool of Siloam. This was a reservoir in Jerusalem supplied with water through King Hezikiah's underground tunnel from a spring outside of the city. The man did this and 'came back to Jesus, seeing' John 9:7.
From thereon, he was harassed by the Pharisees because it had taken place on the Sabbath. This led to Jesus being targeted as well, for breaking the Sabbath laws and, the whole situation - which should have been a blessing, turned into a legal debate.
There are always the 'Pharisee type' of people around wherever we go. They seem to jump out of the woodwork and, instead of receiving the blessing and praising God, they have to make an issue out of it. You probably know some of these, they're a little like Thomas with a massive swing toward legality. Don't let them rob you of your blessings. The man's response to all of this was, 'I was blind, now I see'. Unfortunately, this went completely over their heads, they were so fixated on what had been done on the Sabbath. Where was their compassion? The Prodigal's father had to suffer similarly from his older son and told him, 'your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found' Luke 15:32. More than likely this fell on deaf ears too.
Joyce Meyer said in one of her sermons, 'I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.' What an amazing faith-filled statement, one that we can all relate to in some way. The man had been blind and now could see; the son was lost and was now found and both of them were freed from where they used to be. And so have you been. If you have Jesus in your heart, you are not what you used to be. Oh there will be traces of this from time to time because, you're not perfect - yet. Also the devil will try to get you to believe that there has been no change; you're just like you used to be.
Don't listen to the lies. You are a changed person; Jesus has changed you. You are not where you used to be!
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