Daily Encouragement

“Jesus stopped and called them. ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ he asked.  ‘Lord,’ they answered, ‘we want our sight.’  Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.”  (Matthew 20: 32-34, NIV)

“They received. . . and followed him.” 

Having just received sight, the two men suddenly had a lot of options not available to them in their former condition.  Suddenly, there were new places to go, people to see, and pleasures to experience.  However, in gratitude to the One who had compassion on them — when all others were unable or unwilling to help — after receiving their sight, they used both their new sight and their new insight to follow Jesus.

What is it we do after we have received the one thing we’ve asked of God?  Do we choose to follow Him that we might learn more about Him; to be more like Him?  Or, do we choose to return to our former ways of living and thinking; or do we use our new faculties to follow other “masters”?  – Luther

Reminder: Daily Encouragement will be on break tomorrow, as normal.  Please have a good day in worship, praise, and fellowship.  Lord willing, see you again on Monday!