John 9:1-25 (abridged)
As Jesus walked along, he saw a man blind from birth.....Jesus spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man's eyes, saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see.....
People kept asking him, "How were your eyes opened?"
He answered, "The man Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' Then I went and washed and received my sight." They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know.....One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see. "
Some Thoughts on the Reading...
Here the writer John is using “seeing” as a metaphor for “believing.” Those who are so very sure they believe properly turn out to be the ones who are truly blind to the work of God that has happened right in front of them.
The man who had been blind all his life is the one who sees the truth and sees it clearly.
He admits he doesn’t know how Jesus did what he did. He just knows that “once I was blind and now I can see.”
He sees, physically, the world around him, and also sees spiritually, the truth of what God has done for him through Jesus.
Stay well. I love you, Cherie