The Blind

Isaiah 29:18; 35:5; 42:6-16; 43:1-28; 59:1-21; Luke 4:17-21; John 6:63

Creation began with the Word of God by the Spirit of God (Genesis 1:1-3; John 1:1-14). "And the Word was made 'flesh.'" All God created was made "flesh" in one sense of the word. Flesh, sarx (GK), also has the meaning of "material" and by extension "body" or as the symbol of what's external.

Why do I care?

All life; the body, the soul, the natural physical world, is spiritual. All things are spiritual. In the Hebrew the word dbar means "word" and also "thing." Jesus said, "It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life."

So what?

The recovery of sight to the blind. That's what. All life is spiritual; some can see, some cannot. Some by choice, others by ignorance. The choice is yours.

Receiving

"Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that by these we might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." (2 Peter 1:2-4)

Peter tells us that God has given us ALL THINGS that pertain unto life and godliness. It is already done. It is up to us to receive what we need.

•  Father, in Jesus' name, teach me to receive.

When we pray God goes to work. God works in "and suddenly"'s. Just because we don't see something happening doesn't mean nothing is happening. "For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it." (Romans 8:24-25)

Praying in Faith + Hope + Patience = And suddenly

"And when you stand praying, forgive, ..." (Mark 11:25) Set your mind to forgive. Arm yourself with mercy every morning and be ready to use it. "Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,"(Romans 3:24) "... freely you have received, freely give." (Matt. 10:8)