John 9:8-41 | What am I going to do about it?

There is a very tough challenge in the application of this practice. The Christian skeptic has been so highly elevated in our churches today that we are almost more commended for finding a natural answer to spiritual problem. There are two major applications I am currently undertaking that I believe the Lord is confirming by this series of devotions.

1. I am seeking to restore a genuine supernatural worldview through the Bible.
Now I state this, not to say that I do not believe in the supernatural, but rather, I am more inclined to my skeptical view that I am the supernatural in many cases. In fact, I think most of us are the same way. If someone were to come up to you and say, "I think I had a dream from the Lord," and share what the dream is, most of us would be more inclined to write the dream off as dinner choice the night before or whatever they were watching the day before. Most of us would look to nearly any solution other than the Lord. From what I read through Scripture, this is not the worldview that was had. I am not saying to believe everything anyone says, but that the supernatural most be a foremost consideration. Should we neglect it, we may miss incredible moves of the Lord.

2. I am looking to be more outspoken of the work of the Lord in my life, even if its just to myself.
Wanting to avoid awkward conversation has often held my tongue in sharing what I really believe the Lord is doing in my life. The way I explain what the Lord is doing would look something like this. Let's say I was the blind man in this story and the Pharisees were inquiring of what happened and how I was healed. Where the blind man said, "I was blind, now I see." The way I may have answer would like the following.

"Well Jesus made some clay and put it on my eyes and had me wash in the pool of Siloam. It is so cool that He made this healing mixture to restore my sight!"

It sounds like I am attributing the work to Jesus, but all the while I am attributing it to a natural solution. Jesus simply led me in the direction where I was restored. It removes the miracle of what Jesus has done to create a more comfortable, palatable explanation. I need to be more clear about the work that Jesus has done and honor that with sincere testimony. I am sincerely convicted by the man's boldness in this section. He confessed Jesus to the extent that he was cast out from the skeptics. Jesus honors the man in response to this.

What application are you putting into action?