That the works of God might be seen

“Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.” - John 9v3

Sometimes things happen that we don’t understand. When Jesus and His disciples came across a blind man they asked Him why the man was blind. “Who sinned, this man or his parents?” We went through a situation a few years when everything we had done in Ireland seemed to fall apart. The church fell apart and we were back to nothing again. Someone asked us at that time if there was some sin that needed to be dealt with that possibly God was punishing us for.

Jesus answered that no one’s sin had caused the man’s blindness. The man was blind so that the hand of God might be seen through him. He could do nothing about his blindness, if it was going to be fixed only God could it. We were far from sinless when the church here fell apart at that time, but I am beginning to see what was going on. We were at the end of our ropes; we could do nothing to see a work started here. I believe with all my heart now that God allowed that situation so that the works of God might be seen. The work that God is building here is clearly and purely His work.

Why do hard times and challenging situations come? We don’t always know. But we do know this, sometimes they happen so that the works of God might be seen through them.