My Plan or His Plan?

      Purpose. God is a God of purpose. He has planed ever since He first spoke the wonder that is creation into existence--no even before. You could say that he is obsessed with His plan (because He is). Every single person ever born is a part of the greatest story ever told, that is, the story of Life, Death, and Humanity. God put specific people in specific places at specific times. In fact I would argue that He has done that with everyone. His aim was the furthering of Truth--the Truth of is His Son and His Son's ever-relentless love. And His love and ambition is seen in many a man's life. One of my favorite stories is of a broken man who felt as if his part in the Epic of humanity was no part at all. He was a blind man; blind from birth.
      His story can be found in the Bible. He isn't even given a name. He is just simply "the man born blind." But he played a masterful part in Life's Epic. I bet it wasn't easy though, in that culture it was thought that something like blindness was a "curse." And that it was brought about by sin. Even Christ's disciples asked "who sinned, this man or his parents?" (John 9:2). They thought that this blindness was a curse. I bet the "blind man" especially felt as if it was a curse. Imagine everyday knowing that you cannot see and that you have to beg others to give you money so that you can even eat. He must have often groaned in his spirit, I bet he even asked God "why did you have to make me blind?!?" But Christ tells us that it wasn't a curse--far from it. Jesus tells his disciples “this [blindness] happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him" (John 9:3). Now wait, this blindness was a good thing? I doubt that the blind man had even considered this beautiful possibility. Ponder with me what this man felt after he heard these freeing words. If I were him I would leap for joy knowing that God had made me blind on purpose. That my piece in the play of Life was to be blind SO THAT Jesus could heal me--and show the world His freeing power. That would have been the best day of my life if I were that blind man.
      If you think about it we all are (in a way) blind men. You might wonder why you just can't speak in front of more than twenty people without all your words tearing away from you faster that a hungry cheetah (I do). Or maybe you falter through a disease that haunts you constantly. You might be screaming out "why?!?!" You might be like me and feel as if it has no purpose. But we can look at this blind man and realize that God has a plan. And you know what? His plan is perfect. (Yes we mess with it but it is still a perfect plan) We all can take solace that God is our God. And we can know that our God is just waiting to tell us "no, you didn't mess up, it was My plan all along."

~TDH