Don't Get Bogged Down in the Blame Game

Today’s Reflection:

John 9.3 says, “This happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.”

Jesus and his disciples were walking along and had come across a man born blind. The disciples were concerned with finding out who was responsible. “Who sinned, this man or his parents that he was born blind?” Jesus told them they were looking at it all wrong.

We look at things all wrong so many times. Like the disciples, we try to assign blame and negative responsibility to “the man born blind” or to “his parents” for his condition. That is a

• Backward looking
• Blame seeking
• Burden bearing

perspective. But Jesus turns all that around with his

• Forward looking
• Forgiveness granting
• Faith resting

response. He said, in essence, “Don’t worry about assigning blame, rather concern yourselves with seeing God work in his life.”

What a great lesson for us today. Wherever we are, we are. Wherever the blind man is, he is. From this moment forward we can concern ourselves not with judgment and criticism, but with seeing God do a new thing in our lives or in the lives of those around us who are “born blind.”

My prayer for today is that God’s work will be displayed and that his glory will be revealed in our lives. What a great perspective! What great hope!

This Week’s Scripture to Memorize:
Psalm 119.11: I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.