Mar 8:22-26

And they came to Bethsaida.
And they brought a blind man to Jesus and implored Him to touch him.

Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village;
and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him,
“Do you see anything?”

And he looked up and said, “I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around.”

Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly.

And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

Reading the accounts of Jesus healing is always interesting.
It was very organic.
He did not heal the “same way” twice.

He often touched.
He spoke the Word of healing.

I find this particular account especially encouraging.

Too often we think that if the Lord heals it must be instant.

We do not see that here.

Jesus took the blind man by the hand.
Jesus led him out of the village…away from the people…no “show” here…
Jesus spit on his eyes.
Jesus laid hands on him.
Jesus then asked if he saw anything.

The man could see…but only “men as trees walking around”.
Not clearly.

Did “it not work”?

No. Healing was taking place.

There is often process.
There is persistence.
There is determination.
There is faith.
There is perseverance.

Jesus laid His hands on the man again.

The man then looked intently…faith?
The man could see clearly.

Jesus sent him home, not to the village.

May we look intently.
May we see.
May we persevere in the Lord.

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