Morning Prayer - I Was Blind, Now I See

Help me, Lord, to stop asking “who sinned” and instead to look for opportunities where Your works can be revealed.

““Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”” (John 9:2)

But You continually turn me away from the question of why to the question of for whom. It is not about finding sin, but about revealing Your works. You came to shine in the darkness.

“While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” (John 9:5)

Lord, Your methods are so simple, so earthly. Spit and mud. Nothing magnificent, nothing spectacular. Just a humble touch and an invitation to obedience: go and wash.

Help me to trust Your simple instructions, even when they seem strange or insignificant. Help me to wash in the waters to which You send me, and to accept the healing You offer me.

One thing I do know: I was blind and now I see

When You heal me, Lord, the world often doesn’t understand. People are confused; they doubt and question me. They demand theological explanations and complex answers.

But You teach me to simply testify to what You have done for me. Let my story become my weapon.

Give me the courage of that healed man, so that I will not fear the pressure from the scholars and authorities, but will ask with boldness:

““Do you want to become his disciples too?”” (John 9:27)

I know that such a stance has consequences. The healed man was thrown out. His parents were afraid and remained silent. I, too, sometimes fear being cast out, fear being rejected.

But it is precisely in these moments, when your own people do not accept you and throw you out, that You search for me.

Lord, You seek me when others reject me

When the world rejects me, You come to me with the most important question of all, one that transcends all arguments and fears. Your question is personal and direct:

““Do you believe in the Son of Man?”” (John 9:35)

This is all that matters. Not my knowledge, not my righteousness, not the opinions of others. Only my answer to You. With all my heart, I cry out to you this morning and worship You:

““Lord, I believe,”” (John 9:38)

Please, make all things new in me; open my eyes to Your truth. And protect me from the worst blindness of all—the blindness of those who think they see.

““For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”” (John 9:39)

Do not let me become so confident in my own ‘sight’ that I remain in sin. Let me rather be among those who acknowledge their blindness, so that through You I may truly see. Amen.

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