Transformative Touch

 “And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.” Mark 8:22, 25-26 KJV

Blindness has different sizes, shapes, and formats. For example, physical blindness is different from emotional blindness, or psychological and spiritual blindness. The depth of blindness of the blind man at Bethsaida was obviously deeper than physical blindness. While sympathizers had to take the lead in seeking for the touch of Jesus to remove his physical blindness, they were oblivious of his absent-mindedness. Jesus had to walk him on a journey of faith to bring back his focus on the author and finisher of his faith: “And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought (Mark 8:23)”. More often than not, believers’ familiarity with the words and appearances of Jesus in their lives, circles and circumstances do little to bring them to the turning point of His transformative touch. There must come a time when our faith in Jesus must escape the facts of our prisoner’s treacherous touches. “After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored”. All the while, he had been engrossed by how he got into the depth of his blindness by the treacherous touches of the prisoners, and not looking up to the Prince of peace’ transformative touch for an escape from blindness. When we sincerely dare to look up to Jesus for His transformative touch, and look away from all treacherous touches, we will experience God’s turning point in our lives, situations and circumstances.