As we celebrate Baptism Sunday, we’re offered a chance to see Jesus afresh. Our story this week is a description of spiritual blindness. Not only are the soldiers blinded but Elisha’s own servant is blind to the spiritual realities around him. There is an unseen reality that God wants to open our eyes too. The paradox is that it’s those who know they’re blind who ultimately get healed. It was the pharisees of Jesus’ day who thought they could see who remained blind. This story calls us to cry out to the Lord to ‘open the eyes of our hearts’ that we may see with clarity. Becoming a Christian is not just trying harder or exerting more willpower it’s being given the gift of spiritual sight. And what God wants to reveal to us is glorious!
