John 9:28-33
Then they cursed him and said, “You
are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know God has spoken
to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t know anything about him.”
“Why,
that’s very strange!” the man replied. “He can heal blind men, and yet
you don’t know anything about him! Well, God doesn’t listen to evil men,
but he has open ears to those who worship him and do his will. Since
the world began there has never been anyone who could open the eyes of
someone born blind. If this man were not from God, he couldn’t do it.”
Scripture
quotations from The Message. © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002
by Eugene Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress, Colorado Springs,
CO. All rights reserved.
Someone posted a comment on a
Facebook group I belong to about the history of my home town. They
asked, “Where was the first hospital?” Comments began to pour in…many
adding, “I’ve lived here all my life…I know this is right!” The trouble
is…many of them were not right. Erroneous information flooded the
comments to this post.
Then someone posted a photo of a page from
a historical book written several years ago about our town. The page
clearly described the two hospitals in our town…which came first…who
owned them…who sold them…and who bought them! The facts were there in
black and white - yet comments continued to pour in that contradicted
this documentation.
Why does this matter? Because people will
soon skew the “facts” so badly that no one will know what to
believe…even though the real information is right in front of them.
What has been a fun and informative page of local history will lose
followers and become a watered-down source of half-truths and fuzzy
recollections.
In the spiritual world, when we fail to look at
the facts and recognize Jesus, it’s as if God stops listening. Now hear
me on this…God will always hear you when you call on Him. But when you
continually skew the facts and act in half-truths…when you attempt to
“have it your way” and operate under your own power…when you turn away
and ignore His presence…God is not going to be so eager to rush to your
rescue at the first sign of trouble! It’s like when a toddler throws a
tantrum and expects to get his/her own way. Often the parent will
simply ignore this outburst…at least for a while…and let the child
figure out that what he/she is doing is not working!
So what’s
the point of all of this? In order to truly hear from God, we have to
recognize – and acknowledge – Him. He is all around us…we can find
evidence of His handiwork in every activity of our day. But too many of
us are not looking - or don’t see what is right in front of us. We
most certainly have not sought the facts…dug out our Bibles and
discovered how the scriptures apply to our daily living…or spent some
time just sitting and “listening” for God’s voice. We’ve walked right
past the “page with the facts” about God and Jesus…and declared our
lives to be in shambles. And then we have wondered why this is!
We
can change all of this…and we should…now…here…today! Won’t you spend
some time with God and seek His presence in your life? Won’t you sit
and listen for His voice…open your eyes and “see” Him at work all around
you? What do you really know about God? Isn’t it time you learned
more? Will this be the day that you begin?
©2015 Debbie Robus
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