10/16/2025
John 9:11 NKJV โ He answered and said, โA Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, โGo to the pool of Siloam and wash.โ So I went and washed, and I received sight.โ
Are we participants in the miracle?
Jesus made a salve of dirt and his saliva then put it on the man's eyes who was born blind. Jesus instructed the man, โGo to the Pool of Siloam and wash.โ So the man went, washed, and came back seeing. In reading this I thought, how did he get there? Then realized, he was blind his whole life so he probably knew the way. Imagine the trip back, seeing for the 1st time. ๐ฑ
Jesus took the clay he'd made and put it on the man's eyes and told him to go to a specific place and wash. What if he would have gone somewhere else to wash? Or simply wiped his eyes right there? The miracle would not have happened the same or at all. Why? Some miracles require our participation by following His explicit instruction. (A recurring theme in the Bible).
The man said simply, โ So I went and washed and THEN I could see.โ By faith he was a participant in his own miracle. We know it is impossible to please God without faith, as faith is the substance of what we hope for, evidence of what we do not yet see.
Some of us are waiting on a specific miracle.
The Lord is waiting on us to follow His specific instructions to receive the miracle.
Question remains.....Are you a willing participant in the miracle He has already declared?