The Blind Saw and the Mute Spoke

Meditations based on readings from

The Story of My Life As Told by Jesus Christ

September 25, 2019

The Blind Saw and the Mute Spoke

Page 120

Matthew 9:27-34

All of us are familiar with operating systems (OS) such as Apple, Windows, and Android. These, and several others, are the brains in our personal computers and smartphones. Most people don’t have a particular preference for an OS; they just want to be able to click their mouse and check email or push a button and make a cell phone call. All people also have their own unique OS that determines the way information is received, processed and conclusions are reached. As with their PC or cell phone, most people just want results and would be hard pressed to articulate how their particular OS works. However, we all would do well to heed the Ancient Greek aphorism, "know thyself". The two blind men in our reading for today demonstrated this virtue.

Jesus said it was because of their faith that he could make the men see. These men revealed their faith in two ways. The first was in the way they addressed Jesus: Son of David and Lord. These titles indicated that Jesus was the Messiah and that they were acknowledging his authority. Secondly, “They went right into the house where he was staying” (Matthew 9:28a). Their faith was active, and I suspect the Apostle James could have used them as an example of “be doers of the word, and not hearers only” (James 1:22a).

Within their personal OS, these men had processed all they had heard about Jesus and reached the conclusion that he was Son of David and Lord. “But the Pharisees said, “He can cast out demons because he is empowered by the prince of demons” (Matthew 9:34). The Pharisees not only heard about Jesus, with their sight they actually witnessed the blind receiving sight and the mute speaking. However, they had a different OS and they reached a different conclusion about Jesus.

As in the case of Jairus and Veronica, the blind men and the mute were driven by desperation. Jesus was their only option; therefore they were compelled to consider that Jesus was in fact who he said he was. The Pharisees weren’t limited in their options for life. Since Jesus went around knocking down all their neatly laid boundaries, their OS couldn’t conclude he was the Messiah.

My Takeaway: Jairus and Veronica, the blind men and the mute were who Jesus had in mind when he said, “God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs” (Matthew 5:3.) I count myself in their company.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

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