Seeing People as Trees – CORRECTING it

Seeing People as Trees – CORRECTING it

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Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly.  (Mark 8:25 – NASB)

First we must see that it took a miracle to make the correction

Secondly, the correction made a difference in how the man lived his life.

Imagine what would have happened if Jesus had not completed the miracle; if the man had only partial sight and continued to see people only as trees. In one sense it would have been better for him to have remained blind. At least then he could focus on the reality of their voices and come to a fairly accurate assessment of the character of those around him. With only partial sight, and seeing people as trees, he may have judged them as insignificant, and of little value. But once the miracle was completed, he would have related to them in a completely different manner

The correction changed the way other people related to him. Before people may have seen him only as an object of pity, not as a real person. There was no shortage of those blind and lame on the roadsides begging. He was just part of the scenery.

So, too, is our spiritual condition when we only see people as trees.

First. It influences how we see others. Without Christ’s second touch we may see them as mere objects to be ignored, or circumvented, or used. A second touch from the Master can enhanced our spiritual vision, so we can see them as he sees them – so precious we would be willing to die for them.

Secondly, once Jesus has corrected our spiritual vision, it will change how others see us; they will recognize the love and compassion with which we relate to the world around us.  They may not be able to put a name to it, but they will know instinctively that something has happened to us to make us different.

Has this vision correction been wrought in your life?

A Radical Change

(© Monday 19^th January 2025 – by Christopher Shennan)

Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly.  (Mark 8:25 – NASB)

A radical change came to me,

When my half-blinded eyes were healed;

I no longer saw men as trees –

My hardness of heart not concealed.

Christ’s second touch opened my eyes

To the value of each one who’s born;

To anguish and heart-ache they feel

When they suffer from hatred and scorn.

When my eyes were opened I saw,

And I felt their pain as my own;

I found that my heart could well bleed,

And my hardness of heart had flown.

I found I could labour from dawn

To dusk to relieve someone’s pain;

The cost did not matter as all,

As I loved them again and again.

Now all of this came from His touch,

And not from aught merit of mine;

It happened when His love came min –

It came like a flood of new wine.

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