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Way Maker
by Leslie Bennett
We need a miracle! Do you believe in miracles? I sure do!
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I know the One who can perform miracles even today.
Way maker. Miracle worker. Promise keeper. Light in the darkness. My God, that is who You are.
You see, one evening, Jesus told His disciples to accompany Him in a boat. As they were crossing over to the other side of the lake, a great windstorm arose. The waves were beating so hard against the boat that it was filling with water.
The disciples were fearful for their future. They were afraid they were going to drown, but in the midst of all their chaos, Jesus was calm. He wasn’t worried one bit.
He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow, when the disciples awoke Him and said, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” (Matthew 8:25).
Jesus “arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace, be still!’ And the wind ceased and there was a great calm” (Mark 4:39).
Then “He said to them, ‘Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?’” (Mark 4:40).
That same Jesus who calmed the raging sea is still in control. If He has control over the winds and sea, I know He has control over the virus that is causing widespread panic in our world today.
He can make a way when there seems to be no way. Speak His name and ask Him to bring order to the chaos, calm to the panic, peace to the unrest, and light to the darkness! My God is a miracle worker!
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I Once Was Blind, But Now I See
by Dorothy Teague
Year 2020 is here, and the usual meaning of that number against the backdrop of our nation is quite ironic. We usually associate perfect vision with the numbers 2020, but it seems that men’s minds are blinded to the truth. Wouldn’t it be great if this were the year we could see 20/20 spiritually?
According to Scripture, Jesus healed the blind. In John 9:1-7, Jesus healed the man who was blind from birth. He mixed dirt with His spit, making mud to cover the man’s eyes, and then told him to go and wash in the Pool of
Siloam. Dirt and divine spit equaled a miracle that day. But, in order to receive his miracle, the man had to be obedient to “go” and “wash.” When he did, he could see. Mark 8:22-25 records Jesus healing the blind man at Bethsaida. He laid His hands on him, asked if he could see, and he replied, “Yes, but not clearly.” So Jesus laid His hands on the man’s eyes again, and then he DID see clearly.
Matthew 9:27-30 tells of two blind men who followed Jesus, crying out to Him to have mercy on them. Jesus asked if they believed He could heal them, and they replied, “yes.” He touched their eyes, and immediately, they could see. No spit involved here! Jesus said it was according to their faith that they were healed. Jesus also healed blind Bartimaeus,
the beggar who sat by the highway going out of Jericho. He cried out to Jesus, and Jesus stopped and asked him to rise and come to Him. He did, and upon being asked of Jesus what he wanted Him to do, Bartimaeus asked for his sight. Jesus told him to “go his way because his faith had made him whole.” Bartimaeus instantly received his sight.
All of the miracles of blindness being healed in the Scriptures have central themes: faith, belief in Jesus, and obedience. God always honors obedience to His Word. Why were some healings instantaneous and others not? 1 Samuel 16:7 says that “the Lord looks on the heart.” Only HE can see what we need and if our faith needs to be increased before a miracle/healing can occur. But all of the men got a double miracle. They not only received physical sight but also spiritual sight.
Luke 4:18 records Jesus in the temple in Nazareth, saying, “I have been sent to preach the gospel to the poor, heal the brokenhearted, preach deliverance to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind.” It’s my belief that He wasn’t just talking about physical healing but also spiritual healing of the eyes of our hearts. Before we accept Christ, we are in darkness and can’t see the truth of who Jesus is. But, after receiving salvation, our minds are illuminated, the scales fall from our eyes, and we can see clearly with new, spiritual eyes.
Many are blinded from the truth of who Jesus is by the enemy that seeks to devour our souls. God loves all His children; that’s why He sent Jesus. Christ died for our sins so we wouldn’t have to. My prayer is that this year of 2020 would be the year for Christians to gain spiritual clarity and see Christ’s will for our lives clearly. But it would be a wonderful year indeed to receive Christ and be able to say, like that wonderful old song, “Amazing Grace,” “I once was blind, but now I see.”
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