Mark 8:22-29

The first important thing to note is the faith of the blind man’s friends.

throughout the scriptures, Jesus is impressed by those who display great trust in Him and his power to heal (Mark 2:3-5, Mark 5:25-34).

These men are desperate, begging Jesus to merely touch their friend to cure his blindness. Do we bring our friends to Jesus with that same expectancy, that He will restore them? Do we come to Jesus expecting that He can do the same for ourselves?

Notice how Jesus handles this situation.

He leads the man by the hand.

Because the man is blind, he needs a guide. His guide happens to be none other than Jesus. When we are spiritually blind, no one but Jesus can lead us to sight.

We cannot heal or restore our friends. We can only lead them to Jesus, who does the healing/restoration.

2. He takes the man out of the village.

When you lose one of your five senses, your other senses become heightened to compensate. So a blind man would be a lot more sensitive to noise. Perhaps Jesus led him away of the city so he wouldn’t be distracted by the sounds of the city. Now, he can focus on Him privately.

Sometimes, our lives are noisy and full of distractions. Will you allow him to lead you away from the noises in your life so he can begin to restore you?

3. He spits in the blind man’s eyes and lays hands on him.

That’s a little unorthodox. As weird as it is for Him to do this, I am inclined to trust Christ’s methods, and that he has his reasons for performing miracles a certain way.

The first thing to note is that Jesus has used saliva for his healings two other times: Mark 7:31-37 and John 9:6.

Why does he do this? There are several different possibilities, all valid.