When the blind man was asked, "How were your eyes opened?" (John 9:10), he began his answer with the words, "The Man called Jesus" (John 9:11). Jesus was at the centre of the man's life. The Christian life is a life of looking to Jesus, a life of seeing Jesus. When we say, "I once was blind, but now I see", what we are really saying is this: "Now, I'm looking to Jesus. Now, my eyes are fixed on Him." Once our eyes have been opened to see Jesus, we must keep on praying, "Open our eyes, Lord. We want to see Jesus." The more we see Jesus, the more He will rise in our estimation, the more He will be exalted in our eyes. We see this in the case of the healed man. In John 9:11, he speaks of "the Man called Jesus." In John 9:17, he says, "He is a prophet." In John 9:35-38, he confesses his faith in Jesus Christ as "the Son of God" (Authorized Version) or "the Son of man" (Revised Standard Version). The expression, "the Son of man", should not be seen as a weakening of our faith in Christ as the Son of God. Notice what Jesus says, in other places, about "the Son of man"- "The Son of man must be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life" (John 3:14-15); "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He is killed, after three days, He will rise" (Mark 9:31); "They will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory" (Matthew 24:30). Is Jesus becoming more and more precious to you? Is He coming to mean more and more to you? True Christian growth is marked by a growing love for Jesus.
