John 9:1-3 "And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. (2) And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? (3) Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him."
There are many ways in which to ask the question, "Why?"
Sometimes, we want to be able to transfer maladies from those who are
worthy to those who are unworthy. For instance, why was this blindness not
given to the Pharisees rather than to this man? Then other times, we want to be
able to rationalize everything. What caused this man's blindness? What did he
do wrong that brought this blindness upon himself? What did his parents do
wrong that caused their son to be blind? When you stop to really think about
these questions, you can see the disciples were completely off track because
the man was "blind from his birth." He had always been blind. What
sin could he have committed in his mother's womb that would have brought the
blindness upon himself? You can see, questions can lead to more questions which
can eventually take us down a dead end road.
Jesus listened to their questions and then gave the complete answer.
"Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God
should be made manifest in him." This blindness came upon this man in
order to show the sovereign power of the Lord God Almighty. Yes, this man was
going to see the power of the Lord upon himself. His parents, though they would
not acknowledge it, saw the power of God through him. The Pharisees, who also
would not acknowledge it, could not deny the miracle that took place in the
life of this young man. All of those things are true and still today, you and I
are able to see the power of God in the work performed upon this young man that
he would be able to see for the first time.
I cannot begin to imagine the joy that filled this man after this miracle was
performed upon him. I cannot imagine what it must have been like for him to be
able to see the world about him for the first time. All his life had been in
darkness until now. He was able to see his parents. He was able to see his
friends. He could see the city about him. He could see flowers and trees. He
could see colors for the first time. How vivid and wonderful that must have
been for him. But the greatest part of this miracle came at a time when
everyone else tried to deny and tried to cause him to deny what had taken
place. You see, the greatest part of this miracle came when he was able to see
Jesus face to face and call Him, Lord.
A great miracle has been performed upon your life and mine. We have been given
new birth, new life. We have been blessed to be able to see Spiritual matters
concerning our God. We are able to see life through new eyes that are enabled
to view things differently by the power of the Holy Spirit of God. We have been
made to be new creatures in our Lord Jesus Christ. The greatest part of this
miracle is when we can see Jesus by faith as we walk through this time on
earth. But then the absolute greatest part of this miracle called the new birth
will come when we literally are able to stand face to face with our precious
Jesus, and call Him Lord.