Matthew 9:29 … According to your Faith (02/23/17)
“According to your Faith let it be done for you …
… and their eyes were Opened.”
~ unknown (Matthew 9:29)
First & foremost, it is important to note that Jesus did not perform a miracle here (nor anywhere else in the Bible, for that matter), but rather empowered those with the requisite Faith to allow the God Essence within them (see John 14:20) to heal them (see also Matthew 8:13, Matthew 9:29, Mark 5:34, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:52, Luke 7:50, Luke 8:48-52, Luke 17:19, Luke 18:42, John 9:39 , John 11:4-11 et al).
Note as well that Jesus said quite plainly that even if his followers did choose to believe that he was in fact healing them himself, that they were under no circumstances to tell anyone else such falsehoods (see Matthew 8:4, Matthew 9:30, Matthew 12:16, Mark 1:44, Mark 5:43, Mark 7:36, Mark 8:26, Luke 5:14 & Luke 8:56) …
In addition, please remember that – for Jesus at least – Faith was a verb; not an internal thought but an external action (see John 10:37-38 & John 14:12).
Also, please note that by the measure of their Faith were they healed – meaning that those who came for personal benefit only received temporary &/or partial healing, whereas those who came to be healed that they might serve others become Whole once more.
And finally, note in closing that “their eyes were Opened” as a result – that they could SEE clearly once again as a result of that Faith – that they had been blinded by self-interest and sin beforehand, and yet they had been blessed by the presence of Christ in Jesus (which reawakened the Christ within them – again John 14:20);a presence that allowed them to remember that life was about serving others (see Mark 10:45 & John 13:15-17) instead of themselves.
Yes, their eyes became closed once more thereafter (to the degree that they refused to go forth thereafter and live accordingly), and yet at least for that one moment of being exposed to The Way of self-sacrificial Love they could truly SEE again – with the same clarity they had when they were infants, and with the same empathy they knew when they were toddlers (see Matthew 18:3-4).
Amen … Let it be so.
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