This whole chapter in John, Chapter 9, is devoted to this one healing miracle. The man born blind has character. He will not wilt under powerful crossfire. He knows what happened to him, and he will not be talked out of it.

Jesus could have said, "I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day." He didn't. Instead he said, "We." He said, "We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day." It is a significant statement, because Jesus is sharing the ministry now. He is putting work on us, his disciples. Although it is Jesus' words and power that heal, disciples are participants in the miracle, because they (we!) don't fold under the evidence of God's work among us. The world will make sure that we pay a price for our witness.

Prayer

Lord Jesus, in front of a blind man y…