A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                               A HANDFUL OF MUD PART XXIII

"I, the previously blind man have not only had my physical eyes opened by Jesus.... I have my spiritual eyes opened by Him....The Religious Leaders were never able to do that for me... Only Jesus was able to do that.... Perhaps you may need your spiritual eyes to be opened as well... If that is the case then Jesus will be very happy to do so... Of course, you cannot meet Jesus in Person... But you can meet Him through reading His Word and through prayer....And over time He will reveal to you what He has in mind for you to do."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Jesus wants to open your spiritual eyes just as He opened the spiritual eyes of the previously blind man....

 

                   ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                      A HANDFUL OF MUD PART XXIII

This man was not only physically blind but spiritually blind and Jesus takes the time to open not just his phsyical eyes but, more importantly, to open his spiritual eyes. This shows us that this man matters very much to God even though he is barely known to his neighbours and is certainly not known to the Religious Leaders. This, despite the fact, that they are supposed to take care of his spiritual well being. Likewise, you matter to God, even though you may not be known to those who are in authority over you and who are supposed to take care of you. So, take heart, for God knows you and knows your needs. And just as He opened the spiritual eyes of this man so He wants to open your spiritual eyes. Moreover, just as this man got to know Jesus more and more so you can get to know Jesus more and more as you spend time reading God's Word and praying. You may not be able to physically be in the presence of Jesus as this man was but you can be in the presence of Jesus because, once your spiritual eyes have been opened and you have become a child of God, the Spirit of God will help you understand God's Word as you read it and He will help you to pray as you can read in Romans 8:26

In the same way, the Spirit helps un in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

Studying God's Word and praying to God will help you to know God as your heavenly Fahter. Isn't that wonderful? And He will show you the things He has for you to do since He has a plan and a purpose for you to be and to do all that He has prepared for you to do as you can read in Ephesians 2:10

For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

 

P.S. We have come to the end of the story A Handful Of Mud. Our next story is He Knew Her By Name