A small mind cannot grasp great things. The most intelligent people in the world can be small-minded and the simplest people in the world can be the most broad-minded. Broad-mindedness is not a result of intelligence but of a willingness to see things that are not convenient for you to see. It is the willingness to recognise truth even when it discomforts you and when it exposes the untruth in you. It is ironic that, after Jesus has performed so many miraculous signs in front of so many thousands of people, the Pharisees and Sadducees should demand that he prove himself with some sign from heaven. They were unable to recognise their Messiah in Jesus because they were unwilling. They feared being wrong more than they feared missing the truth. And so, they defended their error rather than acknowledging the truth. Jesus warns his disciples of the ‘leaven’ of the Pharisees’ attitude but, ironically, they were too busy being small-minded to grasp what Jesus was telling them. They were preoccupied with their own provisions even after the miracles of provision they had witnessed! They had seen the proof, but they were still not willing to trust. As a result, their vision was shortened, and they focused on inconsequential things even while such amazing things were happening around them. They were blind, not because they could not see, but because they would not make the decision to lift their eyes to greater things. It is God who gives us eyes to see his Kingdom, but it is our choice to look or not look. If you seek you will find.
Ask God to heal your blindness and help you to see and focus on what really matters.
Read Mark 8:1-26
