Advent: Week 1 | Day 2

November 29 | Isaiah 9:2-7

Late in Paul’s ministry, he was arrested and put on trial as found in Acts 26. While there, he was given a chance to share his testimony. This was literally a testimony in a court of law, but it also served as his testimony in the way many Christians talk about “giving your testimony.” It was his story about what God had done in his life. During this story, he recounted his journey to Damascus where he met Jesus. On this Journey, Paul was made blind and later received his actual sight when he received salvation and forgiveness—his spiritual sight.

This adds even more weight to how he told the court about his experience. He said that when he encountered Jesus on the road, Jesus said, “I am sending you [Paul] to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins.” Paul’s mission, like Jesus’ mission and like ours, was to help each other move from darkness to light. This mission goes all the way back to the prophet Isaiah, thousands of years before Jesus or Paul. The need is simple: we tend to not see what we should see. We’re blind. 

Reflection

What have you been missing? What should you notice more? What about God, your life, your family, or your community has gone unnoticed? How might you open your eyes and see again?

Prayer

God, the One who gives sight to the blind, help us to not go through life without seeing the world the way you do. Open our eyes, so that we might see.