Morning Inspiration with Pastor Merritt This is where the story gets interesting. “Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the mans eyes with the mud and said to him, ‘Go, wash in the pool of Siloam’ (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.”(John 9:6-7) I do not mean any disrespect to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, but you’ve got to admit that is kind of gross. Just the fact that he spit some of you mothers right now are saying, “Didn’t Mary teach Him better?” Here is what I want you to see. This man had never met Jesus. Out of the blue, without even asking for permission, Jesus makes a mud pie with His own spit, puts it on the man’s eyes and tells him to go wash in a swimming pool. This is the key, “So he went and washed and came back seeing.” (John 9:7) That is not the way it is supposed to work. What is the old saying, “Seeing is believing.” Not according to Jesus. According to Jesus, believing is seeing. If this man had not believed what Jesus said, if this man had said, “I don’t know why you are doing this. I don’t understand it and until I do I’m not going to believe it and I’m not going to obey You. He would have died a blind man.” Why did he believe Jesus? Because he was desperate. Nobody else had offered a cure. Nobody else had offered a change. Nobody else had offered an opportunity for this man to see. He believed what Jesus said. That is why I say to those living lives of quiet desperation today that if you want a way out of your desperate situation, if you want your place of desperation to become a setting for God’ transformation, you had better believe what Jesus says. You had better believe what Jesus says about you. You had better believe what Jesus says about Himself and you had better believe what Jesus says He can do through you, in you, and for you. When you believe what Jesus says you receive what Jesus has. Share this with a friend. Give them the gift of Gods inspiration. #Christian #Jesus #Faith #Church
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 12:30:01 +0000
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