Lent@Landmark: Day 11

John 9 contains my favorite Bible story. Jesus heals a man who had been blind his entire life, and the Pharisees lose their minds. Their main complaint was that Jesus healed him on the Sabbath, when no work was to be done. They interrogate everyone, trying to figure out how to discredit this miracle-working non-Pharisee.

After a tirade of protest about Jesus political and religious shortcomings is thrown at the healed man, all eyes are on him for his response.

For the second time they called the man who had been blind, and they said to him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner."
He answered, "I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see." (John 924-25)

In short, he answered, “I think you guys may be missing the point.”

Are you paying attention to what’s most important? Or do other agendas get in the way of the agenda of Christ so much that you entirely miss the point?