As Jesus was walking along,
He saw a man who had been blind from
birth.
The disciples asked whose sin caused the
man's blindness.
Jesus explained that it was not a sin
issue.
“This happened so the power of God could
be seen in him..."
Then He spit on the ground, made mud
with the saliva,
and spread the mud over the blind man’s
eyes.
He told him, “Go wash yourself in
the pool of Siloam.”
So the man went and washed and came back
seeing!
John 9
There is
great significance in this passage right now.
The original pool of
Siloam was built by the Hebrews
as part of a military
strategy to protect
the city’s supply of
life-giving water.
By tunneling the
water inward,
they made it more
difficult for
their enemies to sustain
strength.
It also enabled them
to protect the resources
they had inside the
walls of the city.
The water was
channeled through the tight places
of Gihon Springs,
with surging waters
leading to the pool
of Siloam.
A prophetic word came forth recently that
spoke of a narrow
channel with a picture of
glory running out of
a spring.
Jesus told the man to
wash himself in the pool of Siloam.
He had already
healed him with the salve.
The man needed to go
to the pool,
not for healing, but
for washing.
He washed himself in
glory,
the result of God’s
power surging through
the narrow places of
springs.
It became a bridge for him to go forth
with new vision.
I believe Jesus is touching
our eyes at this season.
We have seen with
yesterday’s prescriptions,
and He is placing
salve on our eyes for today.
I am being
challenged on all sides to recognize
all that is taking
place right now.
As Jesus is covering
my eyes with salve,
it feels like I am
seeing less.
But I also sense the
narrow places where
God is preparing to
release His power.
He is showing me the
pools of His glory
that I need to wash
in.
I don’t know all
that this means,
but I know that I am
contending for
something greater
than I can see.
There are springs,
narrow places, pools,
bridges, glory and
an angelic host available
that we may not only
receive the sight we need
for this next stage
of our journey,
but that we might go
forth
fully clothed in the
power of God.
Lord, I want to wash
myself in the pool
and come out with vision for today.
You are opening minds to think Your thoughts
and resetting heartbeats to regain momentum.
I continue to ask for Your strategy
that I may contend for this next season.
I want my pace to be lockstep with Yours.
very good. i also loved that he told him not to "just wash his eyes" but his whole self.
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