Are We Blind?

Zephaniah 1-3; John 9

“Then the man said, ‘Lord, I believe,’ and he worshipped him. Jesus said, ‘For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.’ Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, ‘What? Are we blind too?’ Jesus said ‘If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.’”

John 9:38-41

A blind man was healed, put his faith in Jesus as the Messiah, and was thrown out of the temple. The Pharisees, who have their physical sight, were blind to the presence of the Messiah in their midst, and yet insisted their spiritual vision was clear. The humility required to see, includes acknowledging that we are blind. This humility is not just for salvation faith, but required for daily cooperation with the Holy Spirit.

Are we daily inviting the Lord to open our spiritual eyes and ears so that we don’t miss God’s activity around us”?

Without humility, we become unaware of how our sin grieves God and blocks his Spirit from working through us.

Are we willing to acknowledge our blindness today?

“Lord Jesus, I humble myself before you and repent for spiritual contentment. I desperately want to see and hear with my Spirit and cooperate with you, for your glory.”