Muddy Meddlers

There are a lot of times in life we grow to question… question our purpose, question God’s plan ,question “our” calling.

Times where we end up in circumstances that prevent us from seeing where we are going, and a lot of times we end up frustrated by our inability to see

The other day I was reading the story of Jesus healing a Blind Man in John 9:1-7:

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 works of God might be displayed in him. As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. (John 9:1-7)

Here’s the thing friends, have you ever thought that maybe that circumstance has been purposefully placed, “so that the works of God might be displayed” in your life.

You see in this story we see this man who was blind from birth, be restored by Jesus because of his obedience.

Even though Jesus take all initiative in the healing of this mans blindness, as the man does not approach Jesus, but Jesus approaches him.

The blind man in this story does not question Jesus’ methods when he’s covered in mud. He does not proceed to rub all mud off his eyes, and go on with his day. Instead, he follows Jesus’ command and goes where Jesus has sent him.

Oh friends how many times in our lives do we find ourselves with mud in our eyes unable to “see” the path before us and we try to wipe it off so that we can see more clearly but honestly we just end up fogging our vision more.

There times in life where we will not be able to “see” an outcome, where our circumstances will prevent us from seeing where the Lord is leading us.

And it is in these times that we need to let the mud touch our eyes, and learn to walk by faith and not by sight.

We need to be lead by our savior and rely less and less on our own understanding.

Let us stop being muddy meddlers and let us rely upon and look at our Savior as our guide through the unraveled mud filled roads of this life.

Who because of His love can love others beyond the human condition.