Here are the excerpts from Mark 8: 22-26 the story of Jesus healing a blind man in Bethsaida.

Be healed and be changed!

…some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and…begged him to touch the man and heal him. Jesus took the blind man…spitting on the man’s eyes…and asked. “Can you see anything now?”

The man looked around, “Yes,” he said, “I see people, but I can’t see them very clearly. They look like trees walking around.”

Then Jesus placed his hand on the man’s eyes again, and his eyes were opened. His sight was completely restored, and he could see everything clearly.

Insights:
1. When people trust Jesus, they lead others to Him too, because they need healing in many areas of their lives!

Questions: Do you trust Him enough that you just can’t help but led your family members, friends and colleagues to Him? What makes you afraid of leading them to Jesus?

2. There are times when God changes something in your life He leaves areas unchanged to allow you to trust Him more by honestly telling Him how you feel about it. A person with deep relationship with Jesus can tell Him the good and bad, the best and worst parts of his life.

Questions: Do you trust Him enough that you can tell Him what you really feel and see? Or are you still hesitant to tell Him everything? What can you do to have that intimate relationship with Him that you can tell everything…EVERYTHING…to Him?

3. God is more than willing to COMPLETELY heal and change you no matter what it is!

Question: Do you believe that He can do that change and healing in your life now? Are you willing to take the risk of believing completely on Him for that change and healing?

Are there people who irritate you in your workplace? The gossips and those who are only working when the boss is around, or those who feels like he/she is the boss, those who are always negative and irrate but unfortunately affecting the entire staff performance, or those who feel like they know everything and those who feel like your work place is a vacation-getaway!

You just wish they disappear from the surface of the earth but they seemed to be immortal and eternal and to make matters worst they are influencing the saints, like you! Bad of all bad, no amount of calling the attention of the HR officers no action is done!

Here’s a story Jesus told to give you some thoughts to ponder (Matthew 13: 24-30):

There is…”a farmer who planted good seed in the field. But that night…his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat…When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew.

“The…workers went to him and said, ‘Sir, the field where you planted good seed is full of weeds!…’

“‘Should we pull the weeds?’ They asked.

“‘No,’ he replied, ‘you’ll uproot the wheat if you do. Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.”

Lessons:

1. Our workplace is one of life laboratories where we can practice the virtues we learned.  If there are no places and people like the ones mentioned above, we will not be able to exercise patience and the like attitudes.
2. Many times we only think of our concerns and our seemingly right solution to these concerns, we do not see the big picture and the bad consequences our thoughts may affect the affairs of our entire company.
3. God is more concern with the development of your character than eliminating those things, bad it may seem, that will contribute to your growth as a person.

I hope this thoughts will give you new perspective as you deal with your irritating colleagues!

Here’s one response to that thought…

When we pray or wish God for a certain thing we are more concern of the item we ask for than our readiness to receive it.  More often than not we aren’t ready to accept what we have prayed for so God prepares our attitude first before we receive the things we ask of Him.

King Solomon said, “He hath made every thing beautiful in his time” (Eccl. 3: 11).  Just for us to be assured, God immediately answers either yes or no to our prayers, on the other hand the delivery of the answer is delayed to the time He knew we are ready for it so that the timing will be very beautiful.

Marshmallow Test separates a maturing child & an immature child!

The problem is WAITING because it is one of the most difficult things to learn.  The mark of a mature & grown up person is his waiting ability.  Babies demands & they want it immediately.  An immature person don’t understand the “Not-yet.”  Maturity is also spelled P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E!

God delays His answer until we are ready for it.  He changes our attitudes & temperaments.  He makes our character to become Spirit-filled first before He gives the answer.  He’s more interested in making us mature than making our lives easy.

If we have difficulty with our relationships, instead of praying to change the character of our loved ones why not pray for God to change our attitude towards them?

When we have problems why not instead of praying to change the situation, pray that God changes us?

When you have problem in your job, instead of praying for a new job, pray that He changes your attitude towards your present job or attitude towards your manager.

Instead of asking for more money, ask Him to help you to have the right attitude about money!

Have a wonderful time of praying for God’s time to mature our attitudes towards circumstances & situations of life so that He will answer our prayers!