Friday, April 1, 2011

In the Land of the Blind, the One-eyed Man is SERVANT!

Of course you remember that the old saying states that "the one-eyed man is king", but since i'm writing from a christian perspective and christians are called to be servants (slaves) just as Jesus Christ became (Philippians 2:5-11). Instead of ruling over (lordship) the "spiritually blind" people, we suppose to serve them. This early morning, i was meditating about this "blind" thing, and remembered John Newton's Song "Amazing Grace". It goes like this:
Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)
That sav’d a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see. 
I never thought about his lyrics, but this Bible verse came to my mind when thinking about it: 1 Corinthians 13:12. Paul is saying that even if our eyes were opened, we still see dimly, the mirror he's talking about is the "greek mirror" which was made of highly polished brass and had a weak and imperfect mirror-image, not like our mirrors, but even ours, they reflect only the "reverse" image. Paul is also speaking about "reflecting" Jesus Christ, that we won't be able to "reflect" the "full image of Christ", since we are "sinners". The problem with this "was blind, but now i see" mentality, is that many "leaders" set God's people free from satan just to rule over them, instead of doing what Jesus did: John 8:36; Galatians 5:1. We maybe see better than the "spiritually blind" ones, but our best vision will be 20/20, 20 is used as it's the distance that vision is usually measured at - 20ft, it means that we can't see that far and in our best days we are "short sighted". The only person who had a perfect "spiritual vision" was Jesus Christ. That's probably the reason why we don't have all the answers, why we can't solve all the problems, We are not finished yet! God is restoring us, molding us, perfecting us, to make us conformed to the image of His Son. Romans 8:29. So, how much do we really see? From being "slaves" of the devil have we become "lords" of other people? are we using our freedom to indulge our sinful nature? Galatians 5:13.

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