11/06/2024
*🙏🏾📜LORD, I BELIEVE📖🙏🏾*
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*DAY 361 - NOVEMBER 6TH, 2024*
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THEME: *DIVINE CALLS AND ELECTIONS*
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TOPIC: *LESSONS FROM JESUS’ ENCOUNTER WITH THE MAN BORN BLIND*
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*BIBLE PASSAGE: John 9:1-41*
*FOCUS VERSES: John 9:3-7, 37-41*
_"[3] Jesus answered, *“Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him.* [4] I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. [5] As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” [6] When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. [7] And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing."_
_[37] "And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.” [38] Then he said, *“Lord, I believe!”* And he worshiped Him. [39] *And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”* [40] Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we blind also?” [41] *Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.*"_
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*LESSONS FOR TODAY:*
Greetings brethren, I pray the Lord opens our eyes to see what He sees, in Jesus' name. This passage draws our attention quickly to _*“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts."*_ (*Isaiah 55:8-9*) We can't understand what the Lord is doing unless He helps us to see it. This is what happened in the life of this man born blind. When the disciples asked Jesus about the cause of his blindness, Jesus told them that the man didn't sin nor his parents, but it is to see the hand of God manifest in the man's life in order for God's name to be glorify. (*John 9:3*) It is so that the sovereignty of God can be seen and every man will see that it is not their power but only God who can do something like this. Furthermore, there are seasons we are meant to reveal the works of God, let's consider that to be seasons of manifestations and then we have seasons of preparation to the manifestations. This miracle that took place showed that it was time for God's power to be made manifest in the life of the man and in the presence of those who need to learn because such seasons will come their way as well as long as they are following Jesus. (*Acts 1:8,14, Acts 2:1-4, Acts 3:2-8*)
We see that when Jesus is teaching there are those who have something negative to say. In their commentary it shows the ignorance of men, lack of understanding and the blindness of the mind. When the Holy Spirit helps us to see we can liken it to we have understanding, in such a way that our minds is now open to understand the mysteries of God. (*1 Corinthians 2:9-10*) This is what happened to this man, he knew that God will not hear sinners because they are blind and can't understand God's will. God only hears those who do His will and hear their prayers. (*John 9:31-33*) So that means Jesus' teachings are true and His actions are rooted in God. Instead of believing, we see how the naysayers revealed they were blind spiritually even though they see physically. The Lord delivered this man from both physical and spiritual blindness. Let's humble ourselves before God and allow Him to open our eyes, remove any veils and help us understand His ways.
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*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Oh LORD, thank You for in You I can see and I am no longer blind, in Jesus' name. (John 9:25, 2 Corinthians 3:16)
2. Oh LORD, help me to walk in Your path as You reveal the way forward through Your words and by Your Spirit, in Jesus' name. (Psalm 119:105 & 130)
3. Oh LORD, may I be a revealer of Your glorious name through the demonstration of Your power and authority in and through my life, in Jesus’ name. (1 Corinthians 4:20, 1 Corinthians 2:4-5)
4. Oh LORD, in any ways our leaders have been blinded by the enemy, unveil their sight and help them to understand Your divine plan for them, in Jesus' name. (2 Corinthians 3:18)
5. Oh LORD, help our youths and young adults to see and understand what You want to do in their lives, in Jesus’ name. (Jeremiah 29:11)
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