TWO BLIND MEN AND JESUS'
Matthew 9:27-31.
MATTHEW 9:27. After raising Jairus' daughter, as Jesus left the man’s house, two blind men followed Him. We are not told that they were bidden, like Matthew (cf. Matthew 9:9). But they were relentless, like the men who had carried the paralysed man into Jesus’ presence earlier (cf. Matthew 9:2).
They could not see with their eyes, but their spiritual eyes were open to the fact that Jesus is indeed the Messiah. They addressed Him by His Royal title: “Son of David.” They could also perceive, and no doubt had heard about Jesus’ authority to heal, so they cried out in faith, “have mercy on us.”
I say these two men were relentless, because they continued to follow Jesus all the way back to His home. It is like Jacob, wrestling all night with the Angel of the LORD, and then saying at daybreak, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me’ (cf. Genesis 32:26). Jacob was persistent in prayer, refusing to let his opponent go until he procured the desired blessing. Such outpouring of ourselves, painful perseverance, tenacity in prayer - will cause us also to prevail.
MATTHEW 9:28. For all their crying after Jesus, He still needed to check the basis of the blind men’s faith. When He got home, He said to them, “Do you (plural) believe that I am able to this?” “Yes, Lord,” acknowledged the two men, addressing Him with the equivalent of the divine title.
MATTHEW 9:29. As Jesus touched their eyes, He pronounced: “According to your faith be it unto you.” This tells me that we have a responsibility to believe for the right things. Whatever their faith was reaching for, however much or as little, they received it all.
