22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”
24 He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”
25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 26 Jesus sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”
-Mark 8:22-25
Jesus chooses to meet us in different ways.
A few days ago AYL leader Lovely wrote a wonderful devotional about how Jesus healed a deaf and mute man by spitting on his tongue. Weird! Now Jesus is spitting in this guy’s eyes to heal his blindness. Does Jesus have some magical spit?
A few days ago AYL leader Lovely wrote a wonderful devotional about how Jesus healed a deaf and mute man by spitting on his tongue. Weird! Now Jesus is spitting in this guy’s eyes to heal his blindness. Does Jesus have some magical spit?
Some of us have these stories where Jesus dramatically transformed our lives like what we’re seeing here with the blind man and earlier in the week with the deaf and mute man. My own story is similar. I was a pretty hardcore atheist and in my freshmen year of college at Rutgers, God met me and dramatically transformed me.
But that’s not everyone’s story. Not everyone gets Jesus’ magic spit. Some of your stories of how you met Jesus is that you grew up in a Christian family and as result, somewhere along the way, you just believed. If that’s your story, that’s awesome! Don’t ever feel that you’re testimony—story about what God did in your life—is any less relevant or any less significant.
Yes, Jesus healed this blind man in a pretty dramatic fashion, but there are numerous other stories where Jesus basically did long distance healing. He just said, “Go home, you’re healed.” Or “Go home, your daughter is healed.” Or “Go home, your servant is healed.” Nothing dramatic at all. But those “mundane” God stories are just as important and significant as the “dramatic” God stories.
Every person who decides to turn to Jesus, regardless of the drama of how it happened, is a miracle. So if you’re a former drug dealer and war lord who met Jesus and now has transformed your life, praise the Lord! And if you’re a pastor’s kid who’s always grown up believing Jesus because you were raised in a Christ-centered household, praise the Lord!
God chooses to meet us and save us and heal us in different ways. Dramatic or not, we need to celebrate that. We need own that. We need to proud of our own God stories whatever they may be. They are miracles.
What’s your God story?
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