April 23, 2019

April 23

Running with Jesus

Luke 18:42-43 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.

     Like Paul Harvey use to say,” Here is the rest of the story." (You young ones will not appreciate that statement.) lol…..   I couldn't leave the blind man; I had to come back for the results of all that happened to him after his days of being blind. Let's peep in! 

     Immediately he received his sight, followed Jesus, glorified God and when they saw it they gave God the glory. It was no accident this man was on the side of the road blind! His blindness had purpose! Jesus was using this man’s blindness to do a miracle that others might believe and receive spiritual eyesight! 

     I heard a phrase this weekend, “as Christians we are Jesus with skin on, moving around on earth and we are the visible way for others to find Jesus.” Our blindness can be a way for others to see God.  Our days of being blind in circumstances, usually come to do a work in us that God turns into a miracle and gives us more witnessing material! 

     Think about it, what if there was no book of Job, where we find out about Satan asking God to test him! How many would not be able to have knowledge or comfort! What about Joseph's life to teach us how to handle all his ups and downs and for sure, how about Daniel in the lion’s den and his 3 young friends who were in the fire walking around with Jesus! 

     We are people just like each of these in the Bible! We walk with the same God and He is still using our circumstances to help us be a light to others.  When those days of blindness and all are dark, Satan will be sitting on your shoulder shouting in your ear. "Where is your God now, singing "Why Me Lord!".  He will do a number on us if we let Him! Turn to God's Word and praise Him and tell the devil to get behind you in the name of Jesus and watch and wait for Jesus! There is a purpose and even if your blind eyes never open, internally your spiritual eyes are and somehow remember God is giving you an opportunity to witness one of  the greatest miracles of all, letting Him use us with skin on to open blind eyes of others and that brings Him more glory and honor! 

     To be a runner with Jesus we must be serious and allow Him to lead us down the path we run on! It is not about comfort and ease it is about winning souls and helping others! 

Jesus, we don't know where our path leads us but we will run with You. We know that we will be tough at times but because You redeemed us and bought us with a price we give You our all! Use our lives to glorify Yourself and lead others to salvation! Save some soul today!

A wee little man, tomorrow!

Judy Hollaway

Originally penned 2015