In our gospel for today we hear of the two blind men approaching Jesus to be healed and receive their sight. Turning to them, Jesus asks, “Do you believe I can do this for you?” They responded, “Yes, Lord.” Then, according to their faith, they were healed. Jesus had the power to simply say the word of healing, and they would have been healed. Instead Jesus was looking to bring these men to a deeper relationship with God. Jesus didn’t want these men to simply get a quick fix for their vision problem. He was helping them to develop their faith in Him as Lord and God. He was helping them to develop that inner vision of faith in God that they really needed. Since their eyes were opened, we can assume that they did indeed have faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior.
They were so overjoyed at being healed that they
couldn’t keep it a secret. Even after Jesus said to tell no one that he healed
them, they went out and shared this good news with everyone. They simply
couldn’t keep it to themselves.
Central in the healing of these two men, and many of
the other healings that Jesus performed had to do with “faith.” “Let it be done
according to your faith.” We need to question ourselves as to how strong our
faith in God is as we turn to Him for our own needs. We turn to God constantly
with prayer requests of all sorts. Whether it’s asking for a healing, or a
resolution to some sort of problem we may be facing, or for a family member or
friend that is some sort of trouble, we turn to Jesus to bring healing and
peace. We need to develop our faith in Jesus and know that he’s there for us no
matter what our problem happens to be.
There will be times when our prayers aren’t answered
in the way we expected them to be answered. These men received what they asked
for and as a result had their faith in God increased. Then they felt a need
share this faith in God with others. For us, there may be times when God may
not give us what we ask for, but instead gives us what we truly need. We need
to remain strong in our faith in Jesus and accept that His response to our
prayers may not be what we want, but rather what we need. It’s during these
times of unexpected blessings, blessings that we didn’t expect or ask for, but
are good for us, we should be thankful to Jesus and give Him glory and praise.
Further, like the men in today’s gospel, we are called to bring the good news
that Jesus is Lord and Savior and is waiting for us to develop that
relationship with Him and the Father.
Lord Jesus, we believe, help our unbelief. Amen
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