Warriors Arise: August 15, 2021
John 9:6-7 (NKJV) When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. 7 And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.
We read Jesus doing this two times in the Bible. It has made me wonder. There are so many times Jesus healed all who came to Him where they just had to touch Him, their faith made them whole, or Jesus spoke and the demons were gone. But this time he uses clay mixed with His saliva as a way to heal the man. Weird, don't you think? He could do anything but this time, with this blind man, he spits into the clay and makes a paste to put over the man's eyes. What does that mean?
It could have several meanings. When I was thinking about writing this I was asking God about it. It is not just that Jesus used clay and spit into it but he sent the man to was in the pool of Siloam. Why? Why couldn't they use the nearest water bucket and wash the clay off? Why did the man have to go somewhere else?
It is just unusual. Jesus did so many miracles on the spot, why was this one so different than the others? This particular healing checks my heart as I listen to understand.
If the man was full of arrogant pride, not wanting to receive help from others. Here was one more time, he would need to rely on someone else for his healing to be complete. Maybe the mud symbolized that his eyes were blind with pride. He couldn't see because his pride had blinded him from the seeing the hurtfulness of his ways toward others.
I have read this event in history a number of times. I wonder if the man knew Jesus was making a paste with his saliva. If he had known, would he have allowed Jesus to put it on his eyes?
Then Jesus didn't even wash it off. Seems peculiar, if not rude. There must have been a reason.
So, I am allowing God to check my pride. It is misplaced. Am I willing to let others help me? Am I willing to let others lead me? Am I willing to trust Jesus to do for me what He has done for others even if He chooses a way that seems totally humiliating? How desperately do I want my healing? What if this man had left Jesus' presence, told the one who was leading him to the pool of Siloam to stop and wash the mud off with the first water bucket they passed? What compelled the man to go all the way to the pool of Siloam?
Psalms 139:23-24 (NKJV)
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
Would I have done what Jesus said to do? Isn't it humiliating enough to have been blind and to have relied on anyone who would take pity on me to do things for me? Now I have to walk through the streets and everyone seeing the mud on my eyes. Would the be laughing? Before they laughed, but now they would be rolling in the streets as the sight of me. Now, I would not only be the blind man but the blind man who let this Jesus humiliate me. Everyone will remember this moment. I will never be able to live this down.
But something happened. Jesus touched me when he put the paste of clay on my eyes. I felt something. I felt power, like I heard others felt when they touched Him. I felt courage rise up in me. Courage to believe. Courage to trust. Courage to walk through the streets with everyone watching, laughing, snickering as I passed. It didn't matter. I would be healed. I would see.
Father, You are for me. You know what needs to be removed from my life. I will trust You. I need healed by Your touch. At this point, it just doesn't matter how You heal me. I position myself before You. I ask for You to touch me life and bring healing. I ask for You to remove sickness, disease, COVID, allergies, and anything or anywhere the enemy has stolen from me. I ask for You to restore what has been taken from me. You desire for me to be made whole. I position myself before You. One touch from You will make me whole from the inside out. I will know Your strength and power. I will know courage and trust. I will do as You say because You want me to represent You to the world. You are my source of strength and healing in Jesus' name amen.
A Warrior in the Lord’s Army,
Veridee Joy Hand
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