"And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God."
Luke 18:40-43
The dichotomy between physical and spiritual is what strikes me about this today. Christ was granting a physical blessing, but specified that it was done because of faith. He believed enough to ask for something that he though Christ could do. I think very few people even get that far... not asking because they don't believe, or asking in despair, not trusting that anything like that is possible.
It reminds me of 2 Corintians 5:7 "we walk by faith, not by sight" ... that's a really hard thing to do... to pull our minds out of the world enough to believe that what God says is real and possible and something that we can pull into and apply to our own lives. We're like Laman and Lemuel, telling Nephi that of course they haven't asked God becuase God doesn't show things like that to them. Self-fulfilling prophecy because they couldn't work up the courage and the faith necessary to try.
Today, let's be like this certain blind mad, and believe that God can do everything he promises, and that he is willing to talk to us personally and help us in our individual lives. Let's open our hearts to that faith in Christ that can save us.
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