September 26, 2026 -- John 9: 18-25 "The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight and asked them, 'Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?' His parents answered, 'We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.' (His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.) Therefore his parents said, 'He is of age; ask him.' So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, 'Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.' He answered, 'Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.'"
Prayer focus for today: Irony is a funny thing. As we continue seeing the story of the man born blind unfold, we see Jesus heal him through his obedience to just do whatever Jesus asked him to do. The irony comes in when we continue to see the Jews confronting this man, all the while missing the fact that they themselves were blind -- blind to the truth of God's word. They didn't believe Jesus was the promised Messiah. They didn't believe He could possibly be doing this out of the goodness of God, but thought He was of the Devil.
Pray today that where you have spiritual blindness, you would be given sight by Christ alone. Pray for those who need to know Jesus and be set free of whatever is blinding them to His truth to SEE! Pray that where you and I might have judgment against things God has done that we simply don't understand or have trouble believing (as long as it isn't out of line with Scripture) that we would believe our God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
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