IS 29:17-24
PS 27:1, 4, 13-14
MT 9:27-31
“Do you believe that I can do this?”
Jesus
asks the two blind men this question. His phrasing of the question is
interesting; He does not ask if they believe they will see again or even if
they believe that He, Jesus Christ, can make them see again. Jesus addresses
more than just their blindness when He asks the broader statement of “Do you
believe that I can do this.” The “this”
that Jesus asks can be referring to anything: His ability to guide us, to heal
us, or to save us from our sins. Jesus isn’t just asking the two blind men this
question, He is asking all of us. This seems like an easy question to answer.
Of course He can do this, whatever this
is, He’s Jesus Christ, the son of God, and He has the power and mercy to do
anything. But how often do we act as though we don’t believe He can do it. How
often do we doubt in His timing and His love for us. When we get frustrated at
God for taking too long or for not answering us clear enough and we turn away
from Him. If that is what happens, our
answer to “Do you believe that I can do this?” is a no. Or a maybe. Or a yes I
believe You can do this but I’m not ready to let You.
The
ways in which we answer Jesus’s question will look different for all of us. But
in order to be prepared to respond to Jesus, we need to fully entrust our
hearts to God. When we do this, we can see
how God shows us in our day to day lives that He can do this.
There
are days where we decide to put our trust in God and answer yes and there are
days where we burden ourselves and answer no. Luckily for us, Jesus asks us
this question of “do you believe that I can do this” every day. All day long.
He never stops asking us this question. Because regardless of how we chose to
respond to Him, the answer to this question will always be: yes He can do
this.
Franki
Feinberg is a sophomore nursing major from Houston, Texas.
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