When They Can't See

all right everybody I am so glad that you are here with us today whatever amazing campus you're at right now Denton Flower Mound Louisville the venue and extension site or watching online somewhere in the world come on let's just celebrate each other together today we are so glad that you are here with us Scott is doing some great things in this season and we are just two weeks away from Easter you've heard the announcements you've heard your campus pastor encourage you to invite somebody and so now let me give you at three times around it's Easter and people are open and receptive to the hope of Jesus and so my encouragement to you is take those invite cards ask God who he wants you to invite because there's something about this season that supernaturally moves in people's hearts and lives that they're open to the hope of Jesus and so my challenge to you would be what if this Easter your Easter plans are not built around your pictures your family events your meals the the clothes you want to wear all that kind of stuff what if Easter was built around coming to a service with someone who needs Jesus that'll be the best Easter you can have in fact the greatest way we honor the father is by helping bring his lost children home and one of the greatest things you can do for your journey with Jesus is get involved with helping someone else find him it will turn something on inside of you if you've drifted if you've gotten dull if you've become apathetic if you're questioning a man as this field is relevant to my life today go find someone who's lost bring them to an Easter service you'd be amazed at how it catalyzes something in you because that mission and that purpose that we were created for comes alive see when we say we want to be a movement of hope this is kind of stuff that we're talking about it's about being a hope carrier and stepping across a room and offering someone hope and saying come on I'm gonna use my social media I'm gonna use my time I'm gonna use my influence I'm gonna use my relationships I'm gonna use everything I got cuz I am grateful for what Jesus did for me I am not ashamed of the gospel for it is the of salvation for all who believe and I want the world to know about the goodness and the grace of Jesus okay so two weeks away it's literally the biggest thing we do all year long so man we've got all kinds energy and effort into it bring somebody here with you next week we're gonna prepare for Easter together with a special service on Palm Sunday getting ready for what Jesus did and what he wants to do in our lives and in the lives of all the people that are gonna come for Easter and what I want to do today is wrap up a series that we've been in called blind spots for the last few weeks we've been talking about how what is so easy to see and other people is so hard to see in ourselves but we've all got them we've all got blind spots and they're hurting us they're impacting our relationships they're keeping us from moving forward in life they prevent us from new opportunities and they cause us to live and inferior life to the one that Jesus gave us you see we've defined it and we said a blind-spot is any area of brokenness that is obvious to others but it's hidden to ourselves it's any broken area in your life or my life that is so easy for everyone else to see but it is so hard for us to see it in ourselves it could be things like pride narcissism selfishness greed over talking drama complaining negativity I mean you name it there's an endless list of blind spots and if you in relationship with anybody you know that list grows longer every single day I mean it's full of blind spots and we've been talking about Matthew 7 this kind of main passage for this series when Jesus says and why worry about a speck in your friends eye when you have a log in your own how can you think of saying to your friend let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye when you can't see past the log or the blind spot in your own eye you hypocrite first get rid of the log in your own eye then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend's eye and we've said if we would just take these three verses and apply them to our lives our relationships our opportunities our whole life would be dramatically the problem is is we get so focused on everybody else's brokenness that we forget the grace that Jesus offers for our brokenness and what Jesus is telling us is that every one of us has a blind spot in our life and he likens it to a log in our eye he basically says a blind spot is like having a giant log sticking out of your face and if you lived your life with a giant log sticking out of your face everywhere you go all the people you interact with have to duck it dodge it dip it move around it because you'll keep knocking them down and so what Jesus is really telling us in this passage is telling us the unintended consequence of blind spots is that we drive everyone we love right out of our lives that's what he's really trying to get at he's saying hey you don't realize what a big deal this is you think it's no big deal what I'm trying to tell you Jesus is saying is hey the unintended consequence of blind spots is you'll drive those people you love right out because eventually they get tired of being knocked down and so they don't leave your your life but they back way up to create a lot of space of that log the blind spot that's sticking out of your face and they say I'm not leaving this marriage but I got to create some distance here because I'm tired of getting knocked down by your anger or I'm not leaving this family but I got a back way up because this drama it's just overwhelming it keeps knocking me down and we said that if you just look at the landscape of your relationships and if you wonder why they feel like they're always chaotic or in shambles could it just be that you're knocking the very people you love down with a blind spot that you're not even aware that you have and then last week we kind of talked about how we we all have these patterns these loops these repeats these areas of brokenness that seem to just replay in our life and if we look over the course of our life we can see that almost every opportunity every relationship every job every situation every church that we've been in it often ends the same way because we have a blind spot that we don't see that knocks people down and so we said last week if you have a problem with everybody you might be the problem if everything in your life feels like it's always getting knocked down you might be the one that's knocking it down and I know some of you are like I haven't liked the series very much I understand but what we're trying to talk about is an unwillingness to deal with those blind spots leads to an inability to move forward in life and so all we're doing is John aid we're trying to get to know the truth and the truth will set you free Jesus wants to show you the truth of your life and what he has come to do it he wants to free you and this is what it means to be a disciple and this is why Jesus says come and follow me a disciple is simply a learner it's one who's becoming like a disciple is someone who is on a journey of bringing all the areas of their life into submission and surrender to the lordship of Jesus bringing all the broken areas of their life into conformation or being conformed to the image and likeness of Jesus and that's what we've been talking about and I'm proud of you for leaning into that space and saying Lord ah I don't know that I like what we're talking about but I don't want that log thing sticking out of my face anymore because we want to be free and what's amazing is not only do you have blind spots the people in your life they have them too some of you are like now we're getting somewhere we look at what Jesus has the same he says first get rid of the log in your own eye then you will be able to see well enough to deal with the speck in your friends eye what Jesus is flat-out saying is he's saying not only do you have blind spots the people you love they have blind spots too and some of you are here and you've been getting knocked down by the blind spots and the people in your life some of you are here and you're you're literally to that place where you've pulled so far away because that pride of your spouse that anger of your friend that selfishness of your parent that issue of your boss whatever it is it's been knocking you down you're tired of it and you've backed way away and you're not even sure like what on earth do I even do with that well Jesus tells us he says we actually have no we actually have a go back we actually have responsibility to deal with that speck in their eye that we have been called by God to remove the blind spots out of their eyes parents you've been called by God as part of your purpose is to remove the speck out of your children's eyes husbands and wife part of your calling is to remove the speck out of your spouse's eye friends part of your calling is to remove the speck out of the blind spot and your friends I hope carriers part of our job is to remove the speck out of the world's eye and so what is that it's called discipleship Matthew 28 therefore go and make disciples go and help other people come into submission and surrender to the lordship of Jesus help them bring the blindspots out of the darkness into the light that's what we're actually called to do and yet how many of you know it's a whole lot harder than it sounds come on listen I love this verse look what Jesus says go to the next one this is Jesus talking about blind spots he says the prophecy of Isaiah describes them perfectly see if this describes some people in your life although they listen carefully to everything I speak they don't understand a thing I say they look and pretend to see but the eyes of their hearts are closed their minds are dull and slow to perceive their ears are plugged and our heart of hearing and they have deliberately shut their eyes to the truth do not look at the person that you came with right now okay does that describe some people in your life it's like you're constantly pointing truth out to them constantly trying to help them constantly trying to show them and it's like they just don't get it Jesus knows exactly how that frustration feels because that's how he often feels with us hey I'm telling you all this stuff why don't why don't you want to see it or or hear it or deal with it it's the same reason they don't want to deal with the things that we say but we're actually called and anointed to it this is why in Galatians 6 we don't have to be discouraged brothers if someone is caught in a sin a blind-spot they're missing the mark you who are spiritual you who are living in the kingdom of light should restore him gen so how do we actually do it how do we deal with the blind spots and others when they can't see them in their selves five things for you this is the one that some of you have been like I've been waiting for this to fix my spouse okay we're gonna get there okay you with me on that how do you deal with the blind spots and others because God has actually called you to be someone to deal with it first thing is this you got to deal with your blind spots boom Luke six says this you must acknowledge your own blind spots and deal with them before you will be able to deal with the blind spot of your friend Jesus gives us an order and in the kingdom of God order always matters the order is deal with your blind spot and then you'll be able to deal with their blind spot you got to deal with what's going on in your life before we can be worried about what's going on in anyone else's life this is why in verse 39 Jesus says can a blind man lead a blind man will they not both fall into a pit he's saying hey if a blind guy is trying to lead a blind guy they're stumbling around in the dark but if one of them can see now he can help his friend you see what Jesus is trying to tell us he's he's trying to say hey you got to get really good at dealing with your blind spots and then you'll be really good at dealing with their blind spots because the more clearly you see Jesus the more clearly you see everything else we got to get really good at receiving the grace of God because then we can get really good at releasing the grace of God into the world around us I mean over the last few weeks we've been saying you got to listen to healthy godly people so you got to become a healthy godly person if you want anyone else to listen to you about getting rid of the blind spots in their lives the order matters here you got a deal with your junk and then we can deal with their junk and it's interesting because Jesus says a log in a speck here's what I want you to understand every speck will become a log if it's not dealt with every log is an undealt with speck so deal with it when it's small before it grows into something you don't want it to be come on we got to deal with this stuff see here's what I think our problem is is I think our problem is is we overemphasize their brokenness and under emphasize our brokenness we maximize what's wrong with them and we minimize what's wrong with us we're like yeah I know I do that but they do this come on you know what I'm talking about okay so what is Jesus saying when he's saying deal with the log in your eye on the speck in their eye is he saying like hey you got a log and they got their thing doesn't really matter what Jesus is saying is he's saying you should be 10 times more concerned about the brokenness in your life then you are about the brokenness in their life because when you get the brokenness in your life resolved you'll be able to help the brokenness in their life be set free and what does that require humility listen when I am aware of the brokenness in my own life I've become so much more gracious to the brokenness in the lives of the people around me when I'm aware of my own logs and the ways I'm unintentionally knocking down people I love all the sudden I got a lot more grace to offer the people that knock me down but when I think mine isn't really a big deal I don't have a lot of grace or a lot of compassion for the brokenness and the people around me so I come at them with a harshness or with a pride or with a brokenness in my own self coming at them and attacking them and I bet the same is true for you see only people who walk in the light can help others walk in the light that's what Jesus is saying so the question is this are you dealing with your blind spots this doesn't mean are you perfect this doesn't mean you have gotten rid of it means are you on a journey with Jesus of constantly removing them if the answer is no stop do not pass go do not collect $200 and do not tell anybody else about the blind spot in their life because if you do you're gonna hurt them you're gonna come in with your log and it's gonna be like a jousting match you got to get rid of this thing so you can get in close enough to be able to deal what's broken in their life we can't get in close enough to the people we love to deal with their blind spots cuz our blind spots aren't keeping a distance are you with me on that so deal with that second thing is this don't try to fix them help try to free them don't try to fix them help free them now you say what's the difference oh that's a big difference trying to fix them is about what's good for you trying to free them is about what's good for them trying to fix them is you are frustrated that they keep knocking you down trying to free them as you're heartbroken that they're living an inferior life to the one God created for them sorry are you trying to fix them or free them are you frustrated they're knocking you down or are you sad and compassionate over the areas of brokenness they don't see like like come on how many of you in this room are a firstborn raise your hand come on if your firstborn raised me I look at all of us we are good at fixing things aren't we if you're a firstborn you know kind of like me like we're really good like everything has a little place and it needs to go into his place and we tell all of the other children that came after us how they should be living their lives like like I am really good at fixing things and trying to fix people and I'll never forget one time I was trying to fix my wife with something and and as and as I was trying to fix her she looked at me and she said thank you Holy Spirit [Applause] okay there's a good lesson for me cuz we're not the Holy Spirit and motive matters if your motive is to fix them you're already wrong if your motive is to free them you're on the right path so I 1st Corinthians says this nobody should seek his own good but the good of others is this conversation is this moment is this dialogue gonna be good for you or is it gonna be good for them let me just think of how Jesus did this with his disciples if anybody could have been frustrated about people knocking stuff down with their blind spots is Jesus he's got these 12 guys with giant blind spots and they're knocking everything down they're knocking the crowds down there knocking Jesus's miracles down or not gonna teach him down there trying to knock his purpose down they're not gonna each other down if I'm Jesus I'm like stop it stop it now you're gonna fix you but he didn't do that why because Jesus didn't come to this earth to fix the frustrating he came to this earth to free the captives and that's really different so we got to move past our frustration if we actually want to help them be free listen in my life when I try to fix people it's always a disaster why because my motive is wrong I am frustrated that they keep whacking me with their junk so I'm gonna fix it but when I go into it wanting to free them it's so different I mean I mean do you remember the story when Jesus tries to go to Samaria and the Samaritans don't want him and John and James they look at Jesus and they're like Jesus should we fix it in other words they say Jesus would you like us to call down fire from heaven and smoke that village cuz we'll fix it Jesus rebukes him and says I didn't come to condemn the world I came to save the world come on how many times do we wanna fix people with fire from heaven when they knock us with their junk we have not been called to the Ministry of condemnation we've been called to the Ministry of grace we're not here to condemn people we're here to release the grace of God so they can be set free like hear me the law is not a weapon to fix people it's a tool to free people the law of God right wrong good bad God's commands I think we're real quick to try to fix people hey this is the Box get inside of it that's a weapon the law is a tool to expose our need to Jesus so we can say he's here to set you free come on you remember the story of blind bartimaeus they're all walking along blind man on side of the road calls out to Jesus Jesus is just a few feet away from the guy and he looks at the disciples and he says you call him to me you couldn't just walk to him yourself no you call him to me get up man Jesus is calling you and they bring him to Jesus he opens his eyes that's what we're supposed to do cuz we can't free anyone anyways we're supposed to live our lives in such a way that we're pointing people to Jesus the light of the world that opens up their eyes and sets them free so are you trying to fix the people in your life are you trying to free them third thing is simply this pray for them more than you preach at them you're like I like last week's message better okay think about this for a second every person in this room is a really good preacher you're like no no I couldn't give up get up and do a sermon I'm not talking about giving a sermon I'm talking about we're all really good preachers we're all really good at looking at the people in our life and telling them what's wrong and that how to get their stuff straight okay we need to be really good prayers like every time you want to preach at somebody for the blind spot in their life stop and ask yourself the question have I prayed for them first it should almost be a 1 to 10 ratio for every 1 thing you want to say about their blind spot you should have prayed for them 10 times the amount why because 5 minutes of Prayer can do more than 5 years of your preaching look at mark 10 says this therefore I tell you whatever you ask for in prayer believe you have received it and it will be yours here's a question if you've been being knocked down by the blind spot of the people in your life have you prayed for them have you ever prayed that God would remove that blind spot because this tells us whatever we ask for will receive it no go back we'll receive it if we pray for it so have we asked God to remove their blind spot I mean just think of Jesus now you can go to the next one he says Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and he prayed you know what Jesus did he would go away and the little bits we get to see about what he actually prayed about he prayed about the blind spots of his disciples if Jesus was praying for the blind spot of Peter how much more should we be praying for the blind spot of the people we love because here's what happens when you start praying for people you get got to get God's perspective you get God's view of them you get his compassion his grace his mercy you start to understand what's up in their life and and why it's happening and I'll tell you this it's really called hard to call down fire from heaven when you're praying for them it's really hard to be asking the Lord to remove the blind spot and then two seconds later be like ministry of condemnation bomb it it's really hard to do that and here's what's amazing when you start praying for people for their blind spots their be removed you know it ends up happening God is gonna send someone in their life to remove the blind spot it's probably not gonna be you which means every parent in this room it's like you told your kid 9,000 times this is this is what should happen and then they go and they find one friend who tells them once and then they think it's the greatest idea ever right there we go it's like the classic life of a preacher I live in that cycle man's like oh I'm glad but tiny that for 10 years I'm glad you heard that once on the radio and think it's true you know kind of thing right but we got to be humble enough to say I don't care how it gets out I just wanted out I mean you remember the story of Elijah Elisha and a servant are in the city and here comes this big enemy to kill Elijah and they line up all night long all the way around the city and in the morning Elisha's servant wakes up he goes out as far as he can see it's just this enemy there to get them and he panics and he gets Elijah says Elijah wake up they're here to get us and Elijah wakes up and he looks out and he says I don't worry there's more that hour for us than are against us the guy lives in Elijah's is what you have no idea what you're talking about look out there at 11:00 Elijah doesn't rebuke him doesn't shame him doesn't condemn him doesn't pop the log in the guy's face nothing he says Lord open his eyes exact words guys eyes are open and he can see the horses and chariots of fire no outnumbering the enemy as far as they can see just like that the blind spots gone cuz Elijah played prayed one simple prayer so are you praying for them more than your preaching at them okay fourth thing is simply this walk with the Holy Spirit and with them walk with the Holy Spirit and with them listen the Holy Spirit is the ultimate blind spot remover he will tell you what to say when to say and how to say he'll say this is a good Leeman he'll say they can't handle it today back out he will tell you what you need to know this is why it tells us in Galatians 5 let us live in the spirit and let us also walk in the spirit let us live moving with him moment by moment step by step because guess what if you're walking with him the fruit of the Spirit is growing in your life and I would just submit to you that you need a lot of the fruit of the Spirit to get rid of the blind spots and the people you love you need a lot of love joy peace patience kindness goodness gentleness faithfulness so of control that's how it comes out so we got to walk with Him and we got to walk with them see here's where I think we miss it blind spots only come out through relationships they don't come out and drive-bys they don't come out by yelling they don't come out by preaching they they come out in relationships and the more secure someone feels in their relationship with you the more likely they are to listen to what you have to say this is why godly relationships are God's pathway to freedom and it's really easy to point out what's wrong with them it's really hard to walk forward with them again think of Jesus Jesus didn't sit there in lineup the disciples and say okay Peter you got the blind spot of insecurity John you got the blind spot of anger Matthew you you just selfish bro you're the greedy okay now I told you all what's wrong now go fix it and come back and we can be friends jesus said hey this is your blind spot as your blind spot your blind spot let's go walk through life together and it's gonna come out along the way and what the Holy Spirit will do is as they're swinging it around and knocking people down knocking you down he will give you wisdom on when to kind of kind of grab it and gently walk your way and to get right to them and say hey let's deal with this cuz God wants to set you free and I'm not going anywhere let's do this together and the closer you get the more they're swinging and you might get knocked down cuz when people are coming out of darkness and delight it's disorienting but this is where love covers a multitude of sins love covers judgment condemns and if we're really serious about setting people free we gotta walk with them cuz come on the Holy Spirit hasn't given up on them yet so why are you and guess what if I'm actually walking with the Holy Spirit I can't help but walk with them because the Holy Spirit's walking with them too so I don't really get a choice if I want to walk with him this is why Philippians 1:6 this is being confident of this that he who began a work good work in you will carry it on to completion guess what the good work he began in you he'll finish and the good work he began in them he's gonna finish so let's walk with him and let's walk with the Holy Spirit so are you walking with them are you actually saying I'm in this relationship I'm not giving you a drive by I'm here let's do this together and the last thing is this speak life if you actually want it to come out you got to speak live Ephesians 4:29 says do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth but only what is helpful for the building of others according to their needs that it may benefit those who listen he says hey if you're really gonna help blindspots come on you gossipy life you can't be negative and condemning and critical and judgmental it's got a benefit the people who hear it this is wife even's 4:15 says instead speaking the truth in love we will in all things grow up into him if there is no love do not speak truth if there is no love just be done zip it gotta speak the truth in love but the other interesting thing is if there is no truth you have to question is there really love it's really easy to get don't speak the truth without love but we forget that love always meets the needs of the other person and love will speak the truth so we can grow up into all things that God has created us to be this is called believe the best and hold people to their best we think that's mean that's called love and many of us have never been loved that way in our lives hear me don't attack don't condemn don't use words like always and never instantly you've lost the battle the moment always it never comes out just back out cuz it's done cuz now they're gonna pick the one time they didn't do it and you're like okay 98 percent of the time but that's not always nor never don't define them by their blind spot it's not their identity and how you see them will determine how you treat them if you look at them and think they're a failure you'll treat them like a failure if you see them as a frustration you're gonna treat them like a pressure if you see them as unchangeable you will treat them like they are unchangeable come on you've got to see them as beloved sons and daughters on a journey of freedom and what you have to change your perspective is you've got to see who they can be in the midst of how they're behaving very different this is why proverbs 18:21 says the tongue has the power of life and death every word you choose in pointing out blind spots it's coming life or death there is no in-between it's either coming out of the tree of life which is the tree of grace and light and vision and hope and Jesus or it's coming out of the tree of death destruction darkness the tree of the knowledge of good and evil right wrong good bad should shouldn't can can't and you get the choice so here's like really practical use the encouragement sandwich man piece of bread of encouragement a little bit of me the truth and some more encouragement to just kind of Pat them on the way out right hey you're an amazing dad sometimes you don't realize how your anger impacts the kids but man you love our kids so well hey you're such a great friend I love being around you sometimes you don't realize how dramatic you may be but I'm so grateful that we're on this journey together you catch me on this like ask questions don't make declarations like just these simple little things like you're going to say this like are you aware have you noticed do you realize that sometimes do you ever wonder why it seems like this is this it like pains me to have to go to this level some of you have no idea how much this pains me to go here but some of us this is literally what you need you literally need to be able to be like hey honey are you aware that when you come home with that kind of anger the kids go and hide in their room hey have you noticed friend that that man and a lot of the conversations we have you you usually bring it back to you do you realize that sometimes your selfishness just kind of pushes the rest of us away did you ever wonder why it seems like those last three jobs those last three friends those last three situations all seem to end the same way ask it as a question treat them the way you would want to hear it because this is the this is like the real stuff now and here's what you got to do you got to risk the relationship now see if you track only for a second you got a risk the relationship because if you say something they don't like you're risking the relationship I would ask you the question is it a real relationship if you can't actually speak the truth and love back and forth you got to think about that and if you say what I don't want to tell them their blind spot what you're saying is I don't love you enough to help you be your best you're literally saying I'm okay with you damaging your relationships living an inferior life to the one Jesus has for you repeating the same mistakes I literally don't love you enough to to help you become your best because I'm afraid of how this conversation will go and if you don't confront their blind spots along the way you will either explode at them or give up on them if you don't deal with it along the way you're gonna explode at them at some point or you're gonna just give up on them neither of those are good you got a risk the relationship I mean your job is to speak the truth and love their job is to receive and respond and and the reason we don't discuss more insecure we're so into are so afraid of rejection that I don't actually want to tell you a blind spot in your life that I can see that's clearly hurting you and everybody else because I'm afraid you're gonna reject me so insecurity causes me to hold back the very truth that will set you free are you catching this insecurity I'm insecure I don't know how you're gonna respond so I'm gonna keep the truth that Jesus has armed me with and I love you so much but I'm so afraid of how you'll respond that I'm gonna hold it back the very thing that would set you free fear of people in prisons the very people we love and we want them to be free and if you're sitting here and you're thinking man what but what do I do listen just sometimes you can share a blind spot with them and then say hey just ask God what he would say about it just take it to God Moses listen Moses has this giant blind spot giant is gonna keep him from his destiny and Jethro his father-in-law shows up how many of you would agree a father in law's not necessarily the best blind spot pointer outter and he comes to Moses and he asks he sees the blind spot says when he saw it was clear to Jethro and he asks Moses two questions about the blind spot completely exposes it gives Moses some wisdom and then says hey Moses why don't you just ask God about it genius and he backs away Moses asks God the very next verse says Moses saw the blind spot got rid of it and stepped into his destiny and moving forward and some of you are here and you're like you have no idea how long I've tried in this person in my life the very last verse that Jesus uses this is the Matthew 7 in his thing about the the log in the speck this is the last verse I don't have a lot of time for this but here's what Jesus says the very he finishes the log in the speck thing this is next things who would hang earrings on a dog's ear or throw pearls in front of wild pigs they'll only trample them under their feet and then turn around and tear you to pieces you say what does that mean Jesus is saying sometimes when you're walking with God you know they're so unreceptive to truth that if you try to point out their blind spot they're gonna turn around trample it and tear you to pieces and some of you are like that's my life so what do you do you love them because guess what Matthew 5 you are the light of the world you've been touched by Jesus the light of the world he says you now are the light of the world so just your very presence in their life brings light to their darkness it may not be a verbal you've got this I'm gonna pull it out they may want nothing to do with that just you being in their life as the light of the world Jesus says this way he's saying by you are the light of the world brings light to their darkness that they might see so don't give up don't give up let me close with this one day Jesus is walking along and there's a blind man and he calls out to Jesus and Jesus comes and he and he touches the blind man to see to give him sight when he touches him says open your eyes he says can you see anything and the man looks at Jesus and he says well I can't see really good I can see better than I could but but I can't see really clearly I see trees and the people walking around and they look like trees so he's what he's saying is I can't really see much it helped but it wasn't enough so Jesus reaches out of hand a second time it touches him a second time and the second time he touches it says his eyes were opened up and he could clearly see it's the only place the Jesus ever has to touch somebody twice and you look at that and you say is that an indictment on Jesus like was he not really like did he just not have it that day like was it just bad day I had some misses some some stuff going on I don't know no it's not an indictment on Jesus it's showing us how blind we really are then it often takes more than one touch from Jesus to open our eyes so keep touching them if Jesus had to touch that guy twice so his eyes would be open you might have to touch that person in your life again and again keep touching them with the love of God keep touching them with the grace of God keep touching them with the hope of God keep touching them with the compassion of God keep touching them with the kindness and God don't give up keep touching them again and again and again cuz eventually the light will overtake the dark this is why Jesus says next verse this is next verse this is why Jesus says the Spirit of the Lord has on me because he has anointed me for recovery of sight for the blind guess what Jesus said as the father has sent me so I send you you are now anointed to bring sight to the blind to remove the blind spots of the people in your life when you deal with your lug you can go help them with their speck and live the fullness of the life that God has for you and for them come on this is called being Kingdom people this is called living in light there is no pattern no loop no repeat no blindness no blind spot no junk no brokenness in your life or in their life that is beyond the healing touch of Jesus he opens blind eyes he opens blind eyes and he wants to do it through us when we choose to have the humility to let him open our eyes first so close your eyes what do you think the Holy Spirit wants to say to you today come on the goodness of Jesus is in this place His grace is here his kindness has come he wants to bring light to your darkness he wants to open up your eyes that you might clearly see life and life abundantly you see blind spots keep you from vision and when you don't have a vision you walk in the dark and when you walk in the dark you can't see your life your future your relationships your destiny you can't see the goodness of God so today I believe that Jesus is touching all of us again say it open your eyes open your eyes and look to me the light of the world who has come to remove your darkness and give you light and compassion and grace and anointing to help the people you love walk in freedom so Jesus thank you for opening up our eyes give us grace and compassion and wisdom as we learn how to make disciples and help people clearly see may we love them enough to speak the truth and love the way you love us enough to speak the truth in love thank you that you haven't left us nor forsaken us with our brokenness may we have the courage to lean in and not leave nor forsake those in our lives because of their brokenness Lord I believe you're doing something I believe you're bringing light to dark places would you turn on the light in Jesus name Amen

Channel: Valley Creek Church

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Length: 42min 34sec (2554 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 07 2019