John 9:1-7(ESV)
As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
Jesus said in John 5:19 that He could only do what He saw His Father doing. The above passage begins with Jesus passing by a stranger, noticing him, a man born blind from birth. How many people did He pass in a single day, yet He ministered to those He noticed, I believe as John 5:19 says, those He saw His Father drawing Him to. And John 6:44 says that no man can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him.
Jesus, knowing the man was born blind for the very purpose of being healed and bringing glory to God, makes mud with His own saliva and tells him to go and wash in the pool of Siloam (meaning Sent). The man obeyed and received back his sight to the glory of God.
A few years ago I was in a small prayer group, in a town I was passing through. During the Sunday morning service, people would put their prayer requests on pieces of paper and attach them to a cross they had placed in a corner. During the week, people would gather to pray over these requests. While there, I was able to attend. Someone would arrive early and attach the scraps of paper onto 8 x 10 sheets of paper, enabling them to be more neatly copied and passed about the group of people who were to pray. I noticed we were just going down the list, when 2 of the names just popped out at me and I knew that I should pray for these two people specifically. I mentioned this to the group, that maybe we should all do this, rather than systematically praying, allowing the Holy Spirit to move on each of us as He deemed fit. As I began praying I felt the love of God and the compassion of Christ so fill my soul that my prayers were ushered forth with tears of insight, love and compassion. Toward the end of our time together, there were several on the list we had not had time to pray for and a few of the ladies in the group took it upon themselves to just quickly get the last few people’s needs before the Father.
Sometimes, in my prayer life, I’ve noticed I do that too. Someone asks me to pray for them and I think, I must pray, but I forget often times that it is the Holy Spirit Who utters my prayers before God. At other times, God moves on my heart to pray for someone He brings to mind and what a difference it makes when He does the leading. I see things and have such depth of compassion that I could not have had otherwise.
Prayer:
Father, Let me pray by Your Spirit and notice the ones You are drawing to Your Son Who lives in me. Help me to do Your works, works that I see You doing while it is still day, for night is coming when no one can work. May You be glorified and not me.
Jesus said in John 5:19 that He could only do what He saw His Father doing. The above passage begins with Jesus passing by a stranger, noticing him, a man born blind from birth. How many people did He pass in a single day, yet He ministered to those He noticed, I believe as John 5:19 says, those He saw His Father drawing Him to. And John 6:44 says that no man can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him.
Jesus, knowing the man was born blind for the very purpose of being healed and bringing glory to God, makes mud with His own saliva and tells him to go and wash in the pool of Siloam (meaning Sent). The man obeyed and received back his sight to the glory of God.
A few years ago I was in a small prayer group, in a town I was passing through. During the Sunday morning service, people would put their prayer requests on pieces of paper and attach them to a cross they had placed in a corner. During the week, people would gather to pray over these requests. While there, I was able to attend. Someone would arrive early and attach the scraps of paper onto 8 x 10 sheets of paper, enabling them to be more neatly copied and passed about the group of people who were to pray. I noticed we were just going down the list, when 2 of the names just popped out at me and I knew that I should pray for these two people specifically. I mentioned this to the group, that maybe we should all do this, rather than systematically praying, allowing the Holy Spirit to move on each of us as He deemed fit. As I began praying I felt the love of God and the compassion of Christ so fill my soul that my prayers were ushered forth with tears of insight, love and compassion. Toward the end of our time together, there were several on the list we had not had time to pray for and a few of the ladies in the group took it upon themselves to just quickly get the last few people’s needs before the Father.
Sometimes, in my prayer life, I’ve noticed I do that too. Someone asks me to pray for them and I think, I must pray, but I forget often times that it is the Holy Spirit Who utters my prayers before God. At other times, God moves on my heart to pray for someone He brings to mind and what a difference it makes when He does the leading. I see things and have such depth of compassion that I could not have had otherwise.
Prayer:
Father, Let me pray by Your Spirit and notice the ones You are drawing to Your Son Who lives in me. Help me to do Your works, works that I see You doing while it is still day, for night is coming when no one can work. May You be glorified and not me.
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