A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                     NOT WORTHY OF ATTENTION C PART V

"I, the blind beggar from Jericho, am no longer blind.... I can now see!!... Jesus has healed me.... Praise God.... The moment I told Jesus I wanted to see He healed me..... He told me my faith has healed me.... The moment He spoke these words I could see....I looked around.... I saw Jesus smiling at me.... I am so happy!!... And I am so thankful to God!!.... Jesus then began to walk towards the town.... I followed Him into town..... I jumped more than I walked while following Jesus.... And I kept on praising God.... The people heard me praising God.... They realised, of course, that I am no longer blind.... They then knew that Jesus had answered my request to see.... They then too began to praise God... It is now evening.... Time to go to sleep... So much has happened today.... This morning I was still blind.... But tonight I can see!!... And I have no longer to be taken to the roadside to beg..... That old life is past and a new life has begun.... Jesus has done that for me... He can and will do that not just for me but for anyone who asks Him.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that you too can receive Jesus' ministry just as the blind beggar from Jericho did....

                       ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                    NOT WORTHY OF ATTENTION C PART V

Jesus restores the blind man's sight in answer to the man's words. The man's response to his healing can be found in Luke 18:43

Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.

What else can the man do, once he has received his healing but praise God? And the people who are privileged to have witnessed the miracle join him in praising God. Perhaps, like this man, you too are blind but your blindness is a spiritual blindness. And people have tried to help you by being kind to you but their help has not been sufficient because you still feel desperate for something beyond what they can give you. Like the blind man, you too need Jesus to minister to you so you can receive your spiritual sight by by believing that Jesus died on the Cross for your sins so you can become a child of God. And just as the blind man began to praise God once he could see, so you too will begin to praise the Lord when you receive His forgiveness.