Jesus’s Radical Act of Love: Matt 9:27-31

Jesus entered his home-base in Capernaum, presumably tired from having healed the woman with the hemorrhage AND contending with a crowd of mourners out side of Jairus’s house.  He had just returned from pouring life energy into Jairus’ little girl and bringing her back to life.

Two blind men entered the house behind him, pushing passed the disciples in order to reach Jesus.  They shouted out their desire, their purpose for being there, their hearts’s intention: “Have mercy on us!” they cried.

  In Jesus’s act of love, he did not say, “I’m too tired; come back tomorrow.”  He didn’t say, “You interrupting my friends’ time with me.”  Instead, he acknowledged their spoken request and went a step deeper.  

He said, “Do you really believe I can do this?”  He confirmed their spoken and unspoken intentions.  He touched their blind eyes, and said, “Become what you believe.” Notice, their condition of blindness had not even been mentioned by the men.  They simply wanted mercy.  But wholeness, their very sight, was part of the package that our merciful God gave to them.

The result of Jesus’s action was this:  The men could see.  And they experienced God’s mercy in their hearts, while being healed in their physical bodies. Jesus’s loving power, which was directed at these men, turned their unspoken intentions into reality.  

Apply this to our lives: It is important that  each of us have God-formed desires and goals. Proverbs (KJV) says that “without a vision, man perishes.”  Our Lord will respect our intentions and see to it that we become what we believe God can do. Our intentions are the beginning of our transformation.