Monday, March 25, 2013

When the Blind Begin To See


A Church Without Walls (3/23/13)
 
When the blind begin to see

Jimmy delivered a powerful word on the streets tonight as he recounted the story of the blind man that Jesus sought out, put spit and mud on his eyes, and then told him to go wash in the pool of Siloam.

Why was he blind his disciples had asked, supposing it was because of the sins of his parents.

Jesus corrected their thought patterns, explaining to them plainly that it was not about anyone’s sin, but so that the glory of God might be displayed

When the man washed the mud off he could see. He was blind from birth but now, for the first time in his life, he could see.

It was impossible. No one had ever been healed of blindness from birth.

After Jimmy finished preaching this message we were all encouraged that we had each been anointed with spiritual ‘mud’ on our eyes. That we too are blind until Christ opens our eyes so that we can see our sin, and His righteousness. We were encouraged to go before the Lord this week and wash away the mud on our eyes in private before the Lord and we were assured that the Lord would meet each of us as we believed on His name.

As we were wrapping up a young man said as he was walking past, “Yeh, if God loves me why don’t he give me a dollar?”

I stopped from addressing the crowd and asked what he needed. “I need food, I haven’t eaten all day so why don’t he give me food?” he replied snidely.

I told him there was food right across the street on our table, but I wasn’t aware that it was all gone by this time. When I found out I took him to Taco Bell (his choice) and while he ate we had an in depth discussion about God and the Word. At one point we were even quizzing each other on our Biblical knowledge and I found out that this young, broken 24-year-old man knows a lot of scripture – Chapter and verse.

I was able to encourage him in the Lord. I told him that he had a call on his life. That he had a unique gift in memorizing scripture and that he should pursue the Lord and inquire as to who Jesus really is in his life.

I have learned on the streets that even those who are mockers are hearing and are able to respond to the Word of the Lord, and that they are often times ripe for being ministered to.

Blessings to you too, and may the Lord wash the mud from each of our eyes that we might see Him more clearly.

Steve Zollos

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