February 16, 2022
Wednesday of Week Six for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
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Jesus hold di blind man for hand, lead am go outside di village. E put spit for di man eyes, lay His hands on am and ask, “You de see anything?” Di man look up, come answer, “I de see people wey resemble trees, and dem de waka.” Then Jesus lay His hands on di man eyes a second time, and di man come see clearly; im sight don come back, and e fit see everything well. Mark 8:23-25
This story really different because of one thing. E different because di first time wey Jesus try to heal di blind man, di healing only work reach halfway. Di man fit see after Jesus first try to heal im blindness, but wetin e see na “people wey resemble trees, and dem de waka.” Na when Jesus lay His hands on di man eyes a second time, di man come heal completely. Why e be like that?
All through di Gospels, anytime Jesus heal person, na because of di faith wey di person get and show. No be say Jesus no fit heal person wey no get faith; rather, na wetin E choose to do. E make healing depend on complete faith.
For this miracle story, e be like say di blind man get some faith, but e no plenty. Because of this, Jesus do something wey show us plenty. E allow di man to heal only halfway, to show how im faith no reach. But E also show us say small faith fit lead to more faith. Once di man fit see small, e clear say e begin believe more. And once im faith grow, Jesus lay His hands on am again, make im healing complete.
Wetin this one show us really great! Some people fit get complete faith in God for everything. If na so you be, then you truly get blessing. But this passage na especially for people wey get faith, but still de struggle. Jesus de offer plenty hope to people wey be like this. Di way E heal di man two times, one after di other, tell us say Jesus get patience and mercy, and E go take di small thing wey we get and di small thing wey we offer, use am di best way wey E fit. E go work to transform our small faith, so that we fit take another step near God and grow for faith.
We fit talk di same thing about sin. Sometimes our sorrow for sin no perfect, and sometimes we de sin without any sorrow for am, even though we know say e wrong. If na so you be, then try to take at least one small step forward towards di healing wey forgiveness de bring. At least, try to desire to grow for di desire to feel sorrow for your sins. That one fit be di very smallest thing, but Jesus go work with am.
Today, reflect on this blind man. Think deeply about di healing and di turning to God wey di man pass through, each one for two stages. Know say this man na you, and say Jesus want carry you one step further for your faith and for how you de turn away from sin come meet God.
Lord wey full of mercy, I thank You for the great patience wey You get for me. I know say my faith for You weak, and e must grow. I know say the sorrow wey I get for my sins must grow too. Abeg, take the small faith wey I get and the small sorrow wey I get for my sins, and use dem draw me one step nearer to You and Your heart wey full of mercy. Jesus, na You I trust.
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