The Alpha of Spiritual Blindness

UV 3182/10000 The Alpha of Spiritual Blindness
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Matthew 15 v 14
The spiritually blind of this world are leading the intellectually blind. As a result both categories of people fall into the pit of destruction. Those who have vision of what lies ahead of us beyond this life can warn, guide, lead those who do not have such vision. The former can change the direction and priorities of life of the latter. The spiritually blind “strain at a mosquito but swallow an elephant or a camel.” They are blinded to their own faults, mistakes and errors and magnify those of others. The spiritually blind are both hypercritical and hypocritical and ignore what is critical or important in life. Jesus said, “Take care of your eyes for they are the light of the body. If there be darkness in the eye, the body too will be in darkness.” We who are spiritually sighted need to take care to use our two eyes for 360 degree vision, for inner vision or insight, for hindsight, for farsightedness, for oversight. One eye is the eye of reason and the other eye is the eye of faith. Faith will enable us to see what reason cannot see and reason will enable us to see what faith cannot see. By this means we will have binocular as well as telescopic vision to see what is near clearly as well as to see what is far.
The Word of God has the power to cure us of spiritual blindness. We will know the direction in which we are travelling and make course corrections. The Word is therefore described as “ a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our eyes.” The word of God is the light of life that cures us of spiritual blindness. By means of imbibing the word, we have near vision as well as distant vision. Our conditioning by this world causes scales to grow over our eyes of both reason and faith. Scripture says, “Buy from me eyesalve” to heal your eyes. When the rebellious and aggressive Saul was blinded by the vision of Jesus, another anointed believer Ananias prayed for him and it was as if the scales that blinded his eyes had fallen off. Spiritual vision altered the path of Saul- the killer and persecutor Saul became transformed into the saint and apostle , Paul. As believers of Jesus, our perspectives or visions of life are transformed.

We have a choice to be blind and wild or visionary and wise. In world history, we find a majority of national or political leaders are spiritually blind. They take nations and organisations in the wrong direction, led or driven by their lust for power, their pride and their ignorance. A guide is one who knows the way. Only Jesus proclaimed Himself as the Way, the Truth and the Life. Hence, a true guide or life coach is one who knows Jesus. Jesus cured many blind persons in the course of his earthly sojourn. The blind healed remind us that Jesus can cure not only physically blind but also those whose spiritual vision is impaired and prevents them from seeing the image of God in themselves and others. Our physical sight is so overpowering that the seductive beauty of sin and temptation blinds us spiritually. This is the reason Jesus, the only fully sighted leader was given the spirit of discernment and wisdom that enables Him to judge not with His sight but with the spirit of wisdom.