A Common Malady

IN Mark 8:24, when Jesus was healing a blind man, he asked him what he saw and the blind man replied: I see people like trees walking.

(That means still blurr la....)

Jesus laid hands again and after this, the blind man could see clearly.

Thankfully the blind man didn't stumble away after he was healed the first time. Thankfully Jesus asked the blind man what he saw. For us all, thankfully, it means when Jesus restores our sight, the healing is complete. Meant to be vision 20/20. Nothing less than that.

Are you and I content with our healing? Or are we suffering a common malady - incomplete healing. Not because God cannot or won't but because we think we see OK la although still blurr-blurr one.

In the world of psychiatry, many people are neurotics. That means they experience a mental disorder characterized by depression, obsession, anxiety, and hypochondria. They get offended easily and they react quickly to perceived assaults.

Scientifically, the word neurotic points to how neurons fire away messages to our brains and triggers action.

Over time, real or imagined, our pre-occupation with how we see and react to situations eventually reinforce our suspicions and we end up believing what we previously wonder about.

Deluded.

This is a common malady.

A serious condition.

We are sick.

We need the Healer.

We need the final touch of Jesus Christ.