Faith When I Cannot See

Whenever I hear of the town Jericho, I cannot help but think of a song we sang for a school program many moons ago:

“Joshua fit the battle of Jericho … Jericho … Jericho. Joshua fit the battle of Jericho and the walls came a tumbling down.”

Jericho’s history is destruction. It was the city the Israelites simply walked around, and God caused the walls to crumble. Rahab, an inhabitant and prostitute of the city, had heard of the Israelites and their God. She knew her only hope was found in the God of these people. She recognized His power through hearing about what He had done before she encountered Him for herself. 

Rahab’s words in Joshua 2:11 remain after the destruction:

“… for the Lord your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.”

Along our roads, we do not always have to see with our eyes, to know all God has done.

This was true for the blind man on the side of the road entering that same city, Jericho. He had heard about Jesus, yet had not seen.

In Luke 18:35-43, we find this man, whose eyes failed him, sitting on the side of the Jericho road. Jesus and the crowd following Him come near the blind man. The man cries out to Jesus, the son of David, and asks to have his sight restored. Jesus restores this man’s sight.

The man could see by Faith before He could see by sight.

We live by that same faith Rahab and the blind man lived by. 

We have not seen Jesus, but we have heard and have been given faith. We live in a world that is bound for destruction today just as the city of Jericho was in Rahab’s time. Our bodies don’t always work as God created them to. Yet, we have hope to help us see Jesus.

We have hope in the midst of destruction and not being able to see exactly what is ahead.

Jesus saw Rahab. He saw the blind man. Jesus sees us in our need for restoration, reconciliation, and salvation.

Rahab and the blind man lived in two different times yet they sat in the same place on the same road. When we can’t see what is ahead of us or when all we can see is destruction, we can look to Jesus and all He has done. We can hear of all He has done for all those who came before us.

Tell us today in the comments, help us see … what has Jesus done for you in this life? How has He reconciled and restored in your world? 

Lord, remind me that You see me when I cannot see the road ahead. Give me patience for when I am waiting for You to open my eyes or the eyes of those around me. Give me patience to wait until I can see You in all of Your glory when You return. Pull my eyes toward You. Surround me with Your people and let me see all You do for us just as Rahab did. Let me fix my eyes on You when I cannot see the road before me. In Your name we pray, Amen.