Jesus Never Fails

# 498 - Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 8:23,24, “So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when he had spit on his eyes and put His hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything. And he looked up and said, “I see men like trees walking.”

You don't have to be blind to be blind. This is a key statement to understand when viewing this incident. Many people wrongly interpret this passage as if Jesus' first attempt at healing this man fell short. JESUS NEVER FALLS SHORT!

The word “blind” here means “opaque,.” or “cloudy.” This man's vision was likely very cloudy. So Jesus takes the man with the cloudy vision by the hand and walks him out of town for a private healing. Only the disciples are with Him and they appear to this man as “trees walking.”

The purpose of the spittle is to draw attention to the man's eyes, just as He used spittle to direct the deaf man's attention to his speech impediment. ( (Mr 7:31,32) 25,26, He now uses it to call attention to the man's vision problem. Jesus wants the man to understand that He is about to do something miraculous with the man's eyes.

Then, He gets the assessment of the man's condition. “What do you see? It's like an eye doctor asking you to read a line on the wall chart. And the man describes his vision problem. Men look like trees walking, in other words he sees, but his vision is extremely clouded.

Don't view this passage as if Jesus failed on His first attempt. He is merely assessing His patient. JESUS NEVER FAILS. And you can put that in the bank!

Father, one thing I need to know. Jesus never fails. Thank You for reminding me again today.