"And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not."
Isaiah 42:16-20
This seems confusing, but as I was reading it I was thinking about the verse from a few days ago, talking about walking by faith and not by sight, and with that idea in my head, these verses started to make sense to me. It could be talking about the difference between physical and spiritual sight, and that spiritual people are blind on one level because they are trying to pay attention to the Lord and not get distracted by the illusions around them, or just because of the darkness that we all go through when trying to make it to the tree of life, and God will help the determined seeker find the way.
If we feel blind or deaf living in this world and having our senses overloaded, then let's open our spiritual senses and see things that others can't, unless they are also tuned into God. And you know, maybe I am way off here, and there are probably nuances of meaning here that I am not getting, but I think a good overall message for this is that it is okay to cultivate blindness to sin... there are things that it is good to ignore in a positive way, for instance things like race and country of origin that can sometimes make it harder to love people as we love ourselves.
Today, let's open our spiritual eyes and trust the Lord rather than trusting in man-made things that can't lead us through the darkness. Let's be willing to walk forward where God opens a way, even when we can't see that far with our physical senses.
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