Restored to Sight

John 9:1-3 As He was walking along, He observed a man who had been blind from birth. His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned this man or his parents, that caused him to be born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned. This happened so that God's work might be revealed in him. I must do the work of the one who sent me while it is day. The night is approaching when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

Jesus healed many who were blind by disease or accident. Here, He cured the born blind. This showed His power to help in the most desperate cases and the work of His grace upon the souls of sinners, which gives sight to those blind by nature.

The blind man could not see Jesus, but Jesus could see him.
Uncommon calamities are not always to be thought of as special punishment for sin. Sometimes, they are for the glory of God and to manifest His works.

Charles Spurgeon tells a story of an elderly Christian born blind and a happy saint. One day, speaking with another believer, he said, "You know, I have so much more to give thanks for than you." "What! More than I?" the other exclaimed. "why, I have been able to see for years!" The blind man looked up with those sightless eyes. He said, "Oh, yes, but you have had to see so many things that have been disagreeable and distressing, so many faces that were unkind and angry and unholy, but the first face that I shall ever see will be the face of my blessed Savior, who loved me and gave Himself for me. So, I have more to be thankful for than you." It takes the grace of God to enable one to speak like that.

Settle in your mind and put your heart's trust in Him so that someday you will have reason to thank and praise Him even for the things that have caused you the greatest sorrow and made you weep the bitterest tears.