# 499 - Today we read from: Mr 8:25,26, “Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly. Then He sent him away to his house, saying, "Neither go into the town, nor tell anyone in the town."
Having identified the mans vision problem, Jesus now undertakes the healing. He puts His hands on the man's eyes so the man makes the connection between Jesus and the healing, and then makes him look upward so he will make the connection between Jesus and God. As soon as the man looked up, his vision was restored and he could see clearly.
Do you remember what preceded this incident in Mark? It was Jesus' warning to His disciples about the false teaching of the Pharisees. He had just been lamenting the spiritual blindness of His own disciples. “”Having eyes do you not see?,” He asked in v18. This healing of the blind man was no accident. The disciples were brought along for this teachable moment.
Discerning right from wrong doctrine is no easy task. Sometimes things can get a little cloudy, “men can look like trees walking.” The devil is very good at appearing as an angel of light. In this healing of the blind man, Jesus reminds His disciples and us that when our spiritual vision gets cloudy, we need to come to Him. Allow Him to touch us with the healing salve of His Word. It is His Word that brings light: His Word is indeed, a light for our path. (Ps 119:105)
Father, guard my heart from false teaching. Let me see words through the eyes of the Holy Spirit.
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