Let’s look at the prelude of the story of the healing of a blind man.
In John 8, Jesus had been teaching in the temple, and the Jews did not like what He was sharing. They took up stones to stone him (John 8:59). “…but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple going through the midst of them, and so passed by.” Then Chapter 9 begins with Jesus passing by a man who was blind from birth. The disciples asked Him whose sin caused this blindness…the man’s or his parent’s. Jesus said neither. Jesus said that this man was blind so that the works of God could be made manifest.
In John 8, Jesus had been teaching in the temple, and the Jews did not like what He was sharing. They took up stones to stone him (John 8:59). “…but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple going through the midst of them, and so passed by.” Then Chapter 9 begins with Jesus passing by a man who was blind from birth. The disciples asked Him whose sin caused this blindness…the man’s or his parent’s. Jesus said neither. Jesus said that this man was blind so that the works of God could be made manifest.
It is very important that we rightly discern the meaning here. Some people believe that God allowed this man to be born blind so that he could suffer all his life...just waiting for Jesus to come along and heal him. This idea does not line up with the character of God. He does not punish us to just show off. Here is something that is so important. Sickness can be caused by what we do, what someone else has done to us, or just because “time and chance” happen to all of us. Jesus was tearing down their belief that sickness was a punishment for sin. We need to do the same.
I love this story! Already, I am excited about what Jesus is teaching us in just a few words. Next, Jesus spits on the ground and makes clay. Then He anoints the eyes of the blind man with the clay. OK, let’s go in between the lines! I am full of questions. Why didn’t Jesus just speak the word and heal this man? Why did He use dirt and spit and anointing…oh yes, and one more thing had to be done before healing was complete. Jesus told the man to wash in the pool of Siloam. Why?
As a Natural Health Professional, I see some beautiful lessons in this story. One of those lessons is this: Jesus used natural remedies…dirt and spit. As a student of homeopathy which is based on the principle that like cures like, I see that Jesus created a homeopathic remedy by taking the dirt (we were created from the dirt) and infusing it with His spit (Heaven’s infusion of life). He used an energetic remedy to bring healing to this man.
OK…so He could have healed the blind man by speaking, but He didn’t. He could have healed the blind man by just putting the anointing clay in his eyes, but He didn’t. There was something else that had to happen in this case…I don’t know why all this is specific to this particular story. Maybe it’s for the benefit of you and me so we can stretch our minds to grasp the concept of energetic healing.
The next thing that needed to happen…the blind man had to go wash in the pool of Siloam (which meant sent). As a Natural Health Professional, I have worked with many people. One lesson that I have learned is this, unless they embrace their healing process, healing doesn’t happen. There is a work for each of us to do in order to be well. The power of natural remedies, anointing, and prayer can be blocked unless a person wants to participate in the healing experience. For this man, he had to go wash. Now, obviously, he had to have help getting to the pool, so someone helped him. He had to also allow that kind of help.
Even Jesus occasionally asked, “Do you want to be whole?” Whole means so much more than “well”. It means mind, body, spirit being in oneness with God. James 1:8: “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” At the time of this healing, people thought matters of health and wellness were the consequences of sin. This man was living under that condemnation. It was a lie.
We often live out the programming of lies. In the work that Jesus did in this healing, He was breaking down lies. He was modeling truth that dispelled the darkness of His day. Some of that darkness still remains. Energy healing is not new. Remember the stories of Jesus speaking the word and people were healed. That’s energy healing. Intercessory prayer is another type of energy healing. In our time, science is studying and measuring the power of prayer as it changes our body’s frequency or the frequency in foods that we bless. Scientists are measuring the energy released from the hands of people who are praying over you.
In this story of healing, may we be drawn into the truth that sets us free. When our hearts are aligned with the Divine and we pray over or anoint or bless each other, we are truly being energetic healers after a Divine Order.
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