believing is seeing
“At that very moment he was given his sight and began to follow Him.” —Luke 18:43
Jesus’ healing of the blind beggar of Jericho is preceded in St. Luke’s Gospel by the rich young man’s rejection of Jesus and followed by Zacchaeus’ acceptance of Him. Jesus healed not only the physically blind but also those spiritually blinded by the god of the present age, the god of a pleasure-seeking lifestyle and greed (2 Cor 4:4).
“The love of money is the root of all evil,” including spiritual blindness (1 Tm 6:10). For example, the Pharisees were “blind guides” and “blind fools” (Mt 23:16, 17) because they “were avaricious men” (Lk 16:14). We can act like the rich young man. We can refuse to let Jesus heal us of our blindness, and walk away sad (Lk 18:23; Mk 10:22). Conversely, we can be like Zacchaeus. Jesus will open our eyes and our hearts. We will give half or more of our possessions to the poor (Lk 19:8). The day we are healed of spiritual blindness, salvation will have truly come to our house (Lk 19:9).
Even if you’re blind to being blind, by faith draw close to Jesus today and pray: “Lord, I want to see” (see Lk 18:41). Jesus will answer: “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you” (Lk 18:42).
Prayer: Lord, I want to see today, no matter what.
Promise: “I hold this against you, though: you have turned aside from your early love. Keep firmly in mind the heights from which you have fallen. Repent, and return to your former deeds.” —Rv 2:4-5
Praise: St. Gertrude the Great was highly educated and well read. The Lord appeared to her in a vision, and from that point on, she read only the Bible and the works of the Church Fathers. She received many private revelations from the Lord and wrote them down to build up the Body of Christ.
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