I Want To See
December 22, 2011He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”…
When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41“What do you want me to do for you?”
“Lord, I want to see,” he replied.
Luke 18:38, 41
Did you know that we only see a very small percentage of the light spectrum? Did you know there is no such thing as “dark”, but only the absence of light? Did you know that some of the stars you see in the sky haven’t existed for millions of years? I guess that old saying, “seeing believes”, isn’t very trust worthy! There is light all around us that we cannot see. There are things happening around us that we cannot perceive. There are things that are going to happen to us we cannot foresee as they come toward us. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m stumbling around in the dark! We stumble in the dark of uncertain financial times. We stumble in the dark of health problems. We stumble in the dark of loneliness, and singleness, and we stumble through the dark of aloneness in our marriages. We try as best as we can to see our way through these things, but we can’t because we are blind!
You see, there’s more to being blind than just making out images with our eyes. Blindness is a state of being. For example; there are those who look at the sky and only see an accident. Others look at the human body and consider it only lucky mud. The human eye is a complex mass of gelatinous rods and cones that interpret safety and danger to the brain for a proper response all within a millisecond and many view this as an evolutionary wonder. The ability to see is nothing without being able to perceive; it is just information to keep us from bumping into things.
In Luke’s account of the blind beggar, we notice a man with two significant problems. First he’s poor, and he’s dependent upon the mercy of others to make his way through this world. Second he has no physical sight. However, he’s not so blind that he can’t recognize sight when he sees it. We don’t know if the rumors of Jesus’ miracles had come to this blind mans ears yet, or if he was just taking a shot in the dark. But the fact is when he heard that it was Jesus passing by, he saw hope and cried out for it! The most incredible moment in this account is Jesus’ response. The story tells us that Jesus had the man brought to Him and then Jesus asked him; “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus, the creator of the universe, asked a nobody, a poor blind beggar, “what do you want?” What Jesus is really saying is, “tell me your deepest desire and I will give it to you.” The beggar responds with, “I want to see!”
I’ve been there in dark areas of my life. I’ve stumbled in the dark of uncertainty and bruised myself so badly that I’ve been stuck on the side of life’s road only to have Jesus come and ask me, what do you want me to do for you? My answer; Jesus I want to see! I don’t want my physical eyes fixed, I really want to see! I want to see Jesus for who He is and not just for what He can do. How about you? Do you want to see? Ask! Jesus is full of mercy, and He is able to make you see!
Wanting to see,
Pastor Brad
