“Blind Faith – or Seeing Trust?”

[Hubi]

Dear brothers and sisters,

just imagine something for a moment…

It is completely dark.

Not just for a moment…
not just for one night…

but for an entire lifetime.

No colors…
no light…
not a single face you have ever seen.

That is how this man lived.

He was born blind.

He had never seen a flower…
never the sky…
never the warm light of the sun…

And yet… he lived.

He went shopping.
He took care of his responsibilities.
He moved through this world.

A world… he had never seen.

Why?

Because he had learned…

to trust.

To listen.
To feel.
To believe.

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One day… it was a particularly beautiful, warm day…

he wanted to visit his mother.

Perhaps he was looking forward to it…
perhaps he could already hear her voice in his mind…
perhaps his heart was drawing him there…

Step by step he went…

until he reached a busy intersection.

He stopped.

He could not see it…
but he knew: here he had to wait.

Next to him stood a man.

A man who could see.

And then the blind man asked a question…

a simple question…

but one that goes very deep.

He asked:

“Do you believe that God exists?”

The seeing man answered immediately:

“No. Absolutely not.”

Perhaps a bit confident… maybe even convinced.

The blind man asked calmly:

“Why not?”

The answer came quickly:

“I only believe what I can see.”

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Dear brothers and sisters…

how often do we hear exactly that today?

“I have to see it to believe it.”

Maybe we encounter this thought in the ministry…
in conversations…
or even in our own thoughts…

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The seeing man continued:

“I have never seen God. So I don’t believe that he exists.”

And then…

something completely unexpected happens.

The blind man…

turns…

and simply starts walking.

Straight into the street.

Right into traffic.

Cars are coming from all directions.

The seeing man is shocked!

Immediately he grabs his arm and pulls him back onto the sidewalk.

“Are you crazy?!” he shouts.
“You can’t just walk into the street!”

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And now…

comes a sentence…

that goes straight to the heart.

The blind man says very calmly:

“I have never seen an intersection.
How should I know that it really exists?”

Silence.

The seeing man is confused.

“Well, the cars!” he shouts.
“You can hear the cars! That’s the proof!”

The blind man replies:

“I have never seen a car either.”

The seeing man becomes almost desperate:

“I’m telling you, it’s there!
You just have to believe me!”

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And now…

it becomes very quiet.

The blind man…

smiles.

And says softly:

“Yes… I believe that God really exists.
I cannot see him…
but I can hear about his wonders.”

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Dear brothers and sisters…

what a profound thought.

Is that blind faith?

Or is that a faith…

that sees more than eyes ever could?

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The seeing man…

could see everything.

And yet…

he could not recognize the most important thing.

The blind man…

could see nothing.

And yet…

he understood.

Why?

Because he had learned…

to see with his heart.

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The Bible describes exactly such faith.

In Hebrews 11:1 it says:

“Faith is the assured expectation of what is hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities that are not seen.”

Do we notice that?

“Evident demonstration”…

of things that are not seen.

That is not blind faith.

That is deeply grounded trust.

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Let us think about an illustration…

A small child stands at the edge of a swimming pool.

It cannot swim yet.

The water seems deep… maybe even a little frightening.

In the water stands the father.

He looks at his child with love…
stretches out his arms…
and says:

“Come… jump. I will catch you.”

The child hesitates.

It looks at the water…
it may feel a little unsure…

It does not understand how it works.
It does not know what exactly will happen.

But then…

it looks into its father’s eyes.

And in that look there is something…

Trust.

Love.

Security.

And then…

it jumps.

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Why?

Is that blind faith?

No.

It is trust.

Trust that has grown.

The child may know from experience:

“My father will not let me fall.”

“He is there for me.”

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Dear brothers and sisters…

that is exactly how it is with Jehovah.

We do not see him…

we do not always understand everything…

sometimes life feels like deep water…

uncertain… frightening…

But Jehovah, in a sense, stands there…

with open arms…

and says:

“Trust me.”

And when we “jump”…

we do not do it because we see or understand everything…

but because we know:

He will catch us.

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The blind man said:

“I can hear about his wonders.”

And what about us?

We hear so much.

We read the Bible…

we listen in the meetings…

we experience Jehovah’s guidance in our lives…

Are these not all “proofs”?

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The seeing man said:

“I only believe what I see.”

But is that really enough?

Can you see love?

You can feel it…
experience it…

but not see it.

Can you see the wind?

No…

but you see its effects.

And it is the same with Jehovah.

We do not see him…

but we see everything he does.

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Maybe someone today feels like this blind man…

or even like the seeing man.

Maybe there are moments of doubt…

moments when one thinks:

“Is Jehovah really there?”

Then remember this scene.

At the intersection.

The cars you can hear…

even if you cannot see them.

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And remember:

Jehovah gives us reasons to trust every single day.

Through his Word.

Through his love.

Through the hope he gives us.

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Dear brothers and sisters…

true faith is not blind.

It sees deeper.

It hears more.

It feels more intensely.

It trusts more strongly.

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Finally…

imagine this blind man once again…

He stands there…

calm…

smiling…

full of peace.

Why?

Because he has something…

that many who can see do not have.

A strong faith.

A trust that does not depend on eyes…

but on the heart.

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Do we want such faith?

Then let us learn…

not only to see with our eyes…

but with our heart.

Let us listen…

feel…

and trust…

Because even though we cannot see Jehovah…

his love…

we can clearly recognize.

And it is…

absolutely real.