sup,
Isaiah 6 is, for me, probably one of hte most referred to passages in the OT. Its a glorious chapter that opens with a vision of heaven but ends with a proclamation of world wide blindness. It was this blindness that drew me to John 9, to the beautiful drama that unfolded there w/ Jesus healing a man blind from birth. Read it!
There was 4 reactions to this miracle:
1- the blind man's thankfulness/loyalty, and his discerning jesus as first prophet, then Lord.
2- the disbelief of his neighbours, people who knew him but couldn't accept his transformation.
3- the parents who, though they believed in the changes in him, kept silent out of fear.
4- the pharisees who responded w/ skepticism and arrogance in claiming to be able to see w/o God.
john is VERY big on light and sight, entire sermon series can be preached on this chapter alone but i think all ill really draw our attention to is this simple fact: we need Jesus to be able to see clearly. Several times in john, people have misunderstood jesus and the events surrounding him because their eyes were spiritually blind (i'll rebuild temple in 3 days, you must be born again, i will give you living water, etc). Each time the people responded in very human ways to spiritual words/events. This is us. The world is so much with us and we're so spiritually blind that we often fail to see God in our day to day life. Prayer and encouragement for this week - that we receive spiritual sight from God to be able to have spiritual reactions instead of human ones. That we'd have Godly perspective in all areas of our lives. That we can accept suffering/hardships so that the work of God might be displayed in our lives.
Have a happy wednesday =)
Edward
"Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing but never perceibing." - Isaiah 6:9
"One thing I do know: I was blind but now I see!" - John 9:25
"I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again?" - John 9:27
"For judgement I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind." - John 9:39
Guy asked for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZy105010SI&feature=channel
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