The Opening of Our Eyes

UV 3584/10000. The Opening of Our Eyes They answered Him, “Lord, we want our eyes to be opened.” Matthew 20 v 32 The two blind men sitting on the street side as Jesus passed through Jericho could recognize that Jesus is the One promised from the lineage of King David to be the Messiah. Their eyes were blind but not their souls and spirits. They saw Jesus as the One who could deliver them. From the time of Jesus, a large number of people were blinded spiritually. Their eyes were closed and they could not recognize Jesus to be their own personal Saviour or Messiah. All we need to pray is that their eyes be opened. When they cried out loudly to Jesus, they got His attention and He asked them what they wanted Him to do for them. Even today, as we cry out to Jesus in our various situations and predicaments, Jesus turns to us and asks us, “ What do you want Me to do for you?” The two blind beggars were ready with an answer and we, too need to be ready with a specific request. We, too need to ask the Lord to open our eyes in the areas we are blinded, areas where we are leading a vision-less, defeated life. While others chided the blind men for calling out loudly to Jesus, Jesus Himself was moved with compassion towards them. It is written that they regained their sight and followed Him. They did not follow the disciples or Mary, the mother of Jesus or any of His family members. They followed Him not blindly but with faith and with trust that He would not lead them into a ditch, a metaphor for the earthly grave. They trusted Jesus to lead them to eternity. They knew that even the vision they had gained newly would eventually fail them but the vision Jesus gives would never fail or fade. This is the experience of salvation. We need to experience the compassion of God in Christ, experience His grace and then, we should follow Him in the sense, obey Him. The blind beggars who were healed followed Jesus as they knew He is the Messiah and He alone could lead them into eternal life. They were not contented with just getting their eyesight restored but they wanted something greater and better from Jesus which He alone could give for He is the source of eternal life.