Stumbling and Mewing

"We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like men without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead." -Isaiah 59:9-10

We have a wonderful barn cat named Sugar. Sugar is our only female cat, and she births a litter of kittens on average about 3 times per year. Always, her kittens have been healthy and rambunctious, but this past litter has not. This litter has had problems from the start. One of the kittens simply died at one day old. Another one died at four weeks old for no reason. The remaining three in this litter all have a terrible case of conjunctivitis (eye infection).

As I watched a pathetic mewing kitten stumble and crawl with her eyes sealed shut and desperately searching out something familiar, I felt the Lord put this verse from Isaiah on my heart. He wanted to point out how people are like this kitten.

What I first came to understand is that there are two kinds of eyes: the physical eyes and the "eyes of the heart"(Ephesians 1:18). Your physical eyes may be blind, yet you can have sight in your heart...and vice versa. While a wide variety of things may cause physical blindness, only a handful of things cause spiritual blindness.

In general, it's sin that separates us from God and causes the eyes of our heart to be blinded. In the passage from Isaiah at the beginning, it starts with this: "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear."(vs. 2)

Jesus: hanging, dying, suffering on the cross utters to God,"Father, forgive them for they don't know what they're doing!" (Luke 23:34) Christ is always ready with an exchange for our blindness. He longs to give us understanding. His blood on the Mercy Seat cries out our names. By the grace of God, if we admit our helplessness, He is faithful to help us. You cannot help yourself. People (most assuredly, people who don't know Christ)cannot make the eyes of your heart see. Only God can remove the veil over our hearts. Matthew 15:14 says,"If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

Revelation 3:17-18 says,"You say,'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing'. But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see."

So what is the formula for being healed of blindness? I hesitate to say the word "formula", but this is foolproof: open your Bible to Mark 10:51-52, then do what it says.
Jesus asks the blind man,'What do you want me to do for you?'
The blind man says,'Rabbi, I want to see.'
Jesus says,'Go. Your faith has healed you.'
Then, as the blind man did, receive your sight and follow Jesus along the road.

Know, though, that as you receive your healing, many people who are still blind will not like it. A servant is not greater than his master, and Jesus (who is the light of the world) was harassed and hated and killed by blind men. I believe it was subconsciously done, but the men who were guarding Jesus at his trial blindfolded him while mocking him and told him to prophesy who was hitting him. They attempted to project their own blindness upon the man whose presence cannot help but convict us. (Luke 22:63-65)

Jesus was the Word of God made into flesh. We put our trust into him and receive understanding. The veil is torn. "I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws. I hold fast to your statutes, O Lord; do not let me be put to shame. I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free." (Psalm 119:30-32)

Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ: I am so glad the eyes of your heart have been opened. We have health and understanding from the inside out. We have been redeemed from our fate of "stumbling at midday as if it were twilight". Let us not forget our desperate friends and family who are described this way still.


"By setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age (satan) has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God." (2 Corinthians 4:2-4)

We are commissioned to be bearers of light! Now that you have received your sight, follow Jesus on the road. He has shared with you the privilege of giving sight to the blind.