JESUS – MAN AND GOD

MARK 8:11-26

JESUS – MAN AND GOD

“And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town. And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands upon him, He asked him if he saw anything.And he looked up and said, ‘I see men as trees, walking.’ After that He put His hands again upon his eyes and made him look up; and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.” Mark 8: 23-25–King James Version

In most of the stories we hear, Jesus is seen as perfect, a true God on earth. But here, for the first time in my recollection, Jesus didn’t get it right. He gave the blind man sight, but his sense of sight was slightly strange—everyone looked like trees. And so what did Jesus do? He fixed the man’s sight. Jesus, the son of God, fixed His mistake. I don’t think that Jesus was perfect; like every man, he slept, ate, drank, and did everything we humans do, yet he did so without sin.

Maybe we don’t always see Jesus as this, but he was very humble. There was no need for Jesus to apologize or even fix his mistake; He was God! And yet He asked this blind man if his sight was restored, and when He learned that it was not, He swallowed what little pride He had and restored the man’s sight to perfect clarity. Here we can see that not only was Jesus the son of God, but He was human, and made mistakes just like us.

Dear God, May we follow Jesus' example and correct our mistakes. Amen 

~ Hannah Ruth Wellons