Healing is a process and that goes for the correction of our vision as well. Many times, we need more than one touch from God to heal our view of people, ourselves, or our circumstances.
Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him. 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.” Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly. Mark 8:22-25
Jesus touched a blind man who was in need of restoration. By Jesus’ first touch, he began to see men as trees. The man gained some vision, but he needed more vision correction. Sometimes we see people as trees they just seem to block our goals and our vision.
This could happen in variety of circumstances. When a married woman is saved, she develops a vision to see her husband saved. She has gained the vision of both of them together serving God, but she finds that her husband is not very interested in her new faith. She prays for him and invites him to various events and church services in the hopes that he will change his mind. However, after a few years of trying, she finds herself discouraged. Now, she begins to get angry at him and see him as a block to her goals and dreams in ministry. His spiritual wellbeing is no longer her focus rather it is all about her happiness and fulfillment in life.
Jesus had to heal the man a second time, so he could see people as unique individuals rather than a lifeless object. We also need more correction of our vision to see ourselves or others clearly. Faith gives us the ability to put on spiritual eyeglasses to begin seeing things correctly.
Trusting God are those spiritual eyeglasses. They give us the ability to see in the spirit realm what we were not able to see naturally. They give hope to persevere and to keep looking to the Lord. They give us eyes to see ourselves clearly, so we can have a greater capacity to accept people where they are rather than where we expect them to be.
Thank you Lord for helping to see things clearly. Please perfect our vision and let it be in alignment with how you see us and others.
