Mark 8:22-25 The man that was blind gets his sight, but only after he goes through something, and makes a couple of honest confessions! At some point you have to be honest and say what it is that you see... even when you have been touched by the hand of Jesus! I am amazingly struck at how Jesus performs this miracle.. Unlike any other miracle he ever wrought!
This was not an instantaneous miracle, it was one done in parts! Maybe God is saying to us, that all of our blessings are not instant! Some will come in parts!
Jesus does not honor the request of those who brought this man to Him and asked Him to touch him, rather Jesus reaches His hands to the man and leads him away; away from familiarity, away from friends, away from comfort zone and then He spits in the man's eyes!
Spit is nasty! Anyway you look at, talk or think about it, spit is nasty! But after the spit, the man no longer sees men as trees he sees men as they are, he sees clearly! Is God saying to you, that you may have to go through something nasty on your way to the real blessing? I think He is! Those losses, disappointment, tears, heartache, pain, mistreatment and lies by folks you never expected is a part of the miracle formula. God has factored all of that into the blessing that awaits you!
Hang in there, that nasty divorce is factored into your miracle, that nasty layoff, foreclosure, reposession, or fight or attack that came to you is factored into your miracle! Its how God gets you to see clearly! It's how God gets you to confess, its how he gets you to the next demension!
I can see clearly now that I have come through the nasty part! Hang in there, stay the course, keep the faith, stay in the race, dont give up! Your ability to see clearly comes after the nasty stuff! Keep me in your prayers and I will keep you in mine! Let's always pray for each other!
This was not an instantaneous miracle, it was one done in parts! Maybe God is saying to us, that all of our blessings are not instant! Some will come in parts!
Jesus does not honor the request of those who brought this man to Him and asked Him to touch him, rather Jesus reaches His hands to the man and leads him away; away from familiarity, away from friends, away from comfort zone and then He spits in the man's eyes!
Spit is nasty! Anyway you look at, talk or think about it, spit is nasty! But after the spit, the man no longer sees men as trees he sees men as they are, he sees clearly! Is God saying to you, that you may have to go through something nasty on your way to the real blessing? I think He is! Those losses, disappointment, tears, heartache, pain, mistreatment and lies by folks you never expected is a part of the miracle formula. God has factored all of that into the blessing that awaits you!
Hang in there, that nasty divorce is factored into your miracle, that nasty layoff, foreclosure, reposession, or fight or attack that came to you is factored into your miracle! Its how God gets you to see clearly! It's how God gets you to confess, its how he gets you to the next demension!
I can see clearly now that I have come through the nasty part! Hang in there, stay the course, keep the faith, stay in the race, dont give up! Your ability to see clearly comes after the nasty stuff! Keep me in your prayers and I will keep you in mine! Let's always pray for each other!
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This is so true! I can testify to this!
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