Thoughts from the Life of Jesus, Part 6: The Two Blind Men

Note: Posts formerly entitled, "Thoughts from the Hour" will now be "Thoughts from the Life of Jesus"

After Jesus healed Jairus' daughter from the dead, "the fame thereof went abroad into all that land." (See Luke 8:41-42, 49-56; Matthew 9:26).

In the following verse, we are introduced to two blind men. "And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed Him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us." These men were persistent; they followed Christ all the way to the house He was going to.

He then asked them a question. "Believe ye that I am able to do this?"

"They said unto him, Yea, Lord." (v. 28).

"Then touched He their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. And their eyes were opened;" (vv. 29-30).

The actions of these two men give a living illustration of Hebrews 11:6. "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." The two blind men believed that Jesus was. They believed that He was able to heal them—and that He would. They believed it in their hearts, because they kept persevering; asking not once, but again and again.

What happened? Jesus rewarded them with the gift of sight. How much more will He reward us with that spiritual eyesight, that heavenly eyesalve, if we seek for it as earnestly as the blind men did their physical eyesight?

Blessings,
Jean