John 9:30

The man is not finished yet. He responds to their slight. “Well, isn’t that a convenient complication,” he says, “you do not know where he is from and who he has been speaking to, yet here I am with two eyes that work because he opened them up! How do you figure this happened?” John 9:30 EFP 

This man may have been blind since birth and as a result a life-long beggar, but he obviously had learned how fend for himself on the streets of the city. After having been rounded up, brought before this council, and interrogated, it had become more than crystal-clear that the committee has no interest in the truth. They can’t handle the truth!

But he is going to state it again, whether they like it or not. This simple and uneducated man states the reality of the situation from his humble perspective. It may be a simple assessment, but it is on target. From his point of view they claim not to know where he is from—which is not true (Read John 7:52). Secondly, they imply by their statement not to know who he is speaking to, unlike Moses, who clearly spoke to God according to the written record. The man uncovers their hypocrisy, by simply referring to the miracle of his sight, which by their own words, could not have been performed by a sinner, since the Almighty does not communicate with sinners. It seems iron-clad to him.

What blind-sides do I have when it comes to God? Do I miss out on any “new wine” because it does not fit in with my “old wineskins’? Am I so locked in to what I have always believed that I cannot accept the possibility that there is yet more to learn and experience in my journey with God?  I sense God is challenging me to grow, and I am not letting go of my “self” that hangs on for dear life to the things that have brought me such comfort in the past. Lead me, Lord.