John 9:18

As expected, the religious leaders are not convinced by his tale of being born blind, only to have his sight given to him miraculously.  So they decide to have his parents brought in to the meeting to be questioned. John 9:18 EFP 

It was bound to happen. The suspicion has been lying right beneath the surface, even for those who had seen him begging for years in the streets of the city. How much more cynical would the Jewish leaders be, given they do not have the history. There disdain for the blind man reaches a boiling point. They no longer hint at their doubts. They call for the parents of this supposedly previously blind man to be brought in for confirmation of the man’s previous health status.

It’s funny, not in a humorous way, but more like peculiar, the lengths we can go to deny what we see as truth but which does not line up with what we want to believe and what we have always accepted as truth. The religious elite cannot allow for this miracle to be genuine. To allow it to be would bring into question all they were taught, and thus everything they had passed on as truth all their lives. I can understand how they felt. I only fear that I could be capable of duplicating their spirit of unbelief because I am so “married” to my belief system. Such a change requires a move away from the comfort of culture and convictions set in place by common belief.

God help me not to be so in love with what I believe that I miss out on the Only One who makes my believing worth believing.