August 6

Led Apart

So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked. — Mark 8:23 BSB

What a tender and gentle thing to do—Jesus leading a poor blind man along the street. Let’s take a moment to picture it. What thoughts come to mind?

The blind man represents each of us in our sinful state. We live in a world full of beauty, but we see none of it. We grope around in darkness, unable to find the way on our own, doomed to perish unless someone takes us by the hand and leads us. Just as Jesus came to this blind man, He comes to each of us, offering to take us by the hand and guide us through the darkness and dangers of life, leading us home to light and glory. If He leads us, we will never stumble in the dark.

The blind man trusted himself to this stranger without fear or hesitation, quietly and confidently going with Him. This is a picture of what true faith in Christ looks like. It’s not enough to give our sins to Him; we must entrust our whole lives to His guidance. We can never find the way on our own in this world

, but we can confidently trust Christ to lead us.

“I do not try to see my way,
Before, behind, or left, or right;
I cannot tell what dangers gray
Do haunt my steps, nor at what height
Above the sea my path doth wind:
For I am blind.

“Yet not without a guide I wend
My unseen way, by day, by night;
Close by my side there walks a Friend—
Strong, tender, true: I trust His sight;
He sees my way before, behind,
Though I am blind.”