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Have you received sight?

As He prepared to feed five thousand men, Jesus “looked up to heaven” (Mark 6:41). Think about that action, that posture, and its purpose. Looking up. When Jesus came to Bethsaida in Mark 8, He put His hands on a blind man, and the man looked up” (8:24-25). It may seem simple, but again, think about that action of looking up. How could a blind man “look up”? In Mark 10, Jesus asked blind Bartimaeus what he wanted. “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight” (10:51). “And immediately he received his sight” (10:52). It is interesting to note that the very same Greek word that is translated “look up” is also translated “receive sight.”

In the Bible, some who were physically blind “looked up” to heaven and “received sight.” Those expressions are the exact same word in Greek, therefore, one could not receive his sight without looking up. Think, then, about the application. When one who is spiritually blind “looks up” to heaven, he “receives sight.” We must look to Jesus (Heb. 12:2)! We must look into the word of God (Jas. 1:25)! We must look to the reward (Heb. 11:26)! Are you looking up?