Have you ever found yourself amazed at the different ways that God works in your life?  Sometimes He simply blesses us.  Sometimes He leads us through challenging times that end up working for our good and strength.  Sometimes we are pushed into situations that we would never go on our own that build us up.  Jesus does the same type of thing during His time on earth.  Sometimes He heals with a word.  Other times He has others get involved in their own healing.  Once He healed simply by being touched by a woman.  Today I’d like to look at a story of when He made mud patties to heal a man from John 9.  Let’s read the account together today.

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. 8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some claimed that he was. Others said, “No, he only looks like him.” But he himself insisted, “I am the man.” 10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked. 11 He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.” 12 “Where is this man?” they asked him. “I don’t know,” he said.

Whatever way Jesus chooses to work in our lives He always has a reason.  The reason is not always obvious in fact sometimes in the midst of God working it can feel like a burden.  The one thing we can trust is that God is always at work.  God may lead us in places we don’t want to go and through experiences that we never wanted.  The important thing is that HE is leading and WE are following.  When we follow where God is leading no matter what we may face we are always in the right place.  I can only imagine what this man thought when Jesus put mud on his eyes. I’m sure his thoughts changed pretty quickly when he washed off the muds and could see for the first time ever.  God may bring you through the mud in life but He always brings you through the mud to whatever waits on the other side. 

In His Grip,
Pastor Dave