“The man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and told me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ So I went and washed, and now I can see!” (John 9:11 NLT).
As He was passing by, Jesus saw a man who had been blind since birth. He spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread it over the blind man’s eyes. He told the man to wash his eyes in the pool of Siloam. When he washed the mud away, he could see. When people asked the man how he came to see, he told them what Jesus had done for him.
I wonder. Did Christ smile to Himself as He spit on the dirt, making a little mud to rub on the blind man’s eyes? Did He think back to the sixth day of creation when He fashioned a man from the “dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” (Gen. 2:7)?
Jesus could’ve healed the blind man using any means. He could’ve spoken a word and it would’ve been accomplished. But on this occasion He decided to get His hands dirty again. On this day, Jesus used dirt to reveal His divine nature as the Creator and to give a man born blind his sight.
PRAYER: Dear Father, if You can use dirt to make a blind man see, You can surely use us to accomplish Your purpose for us in this world. Mold and make us more like Jesus. Fill us afresh with Your Spirit that we might bring glory to Your name this day. In Jesus’ name, amen.