"Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant? Seeing many things, but you observe not; opening the ears, but he hears not. The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable." (Isaiah 42:19-21) Many may be familiar with these phrases used irrespective of religious or cultural background. I have heard those as a young school boy and then many more times as a young man growing up. 'Love is blind.' or 'Blind faith'. However, when I started reading the Bible at the age of 28, I faced the some new realisations. Christian faith at least is not a blind faith. Some of the early books I read were written by analytically thinking scholars who were previously skeptics and later became believers of Christ. I came to understand that faith is a decision of will after evaluating all the available information regarding its veracity. A person receiving the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour will often be forced to evaluate some of the claims the message of the gospel makes. You are a sinner. You cannot save yourselves from the ultimate penalty of death and hell by good works or following any religion. Salvation from sins is a free gift of God, you just need to receive it without works, because Christ in His love paid for your sins on the Cross. The sinner evaluates those claims and once he is convinced, he decides to put his trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. That is faith. However, in our walk with the Lord, we find an interesting aspect where faith comes in direct opposition of sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7 encourages us to 'walk by faith, not by sight'. Hebrews 11:1 proclaims the faith to be an 'evidence of things not seen'. Doesn't it appear from these exhortations that in some senses faith is in reality blind? Blindness is often considered a destructive aspect of human life in the Bible. Yet a certain kind of blindness is considered to be spiritually perfect. The verse of our devotion today addresses the Lord Jesus Christ as the servant of our Heavenly Father as blind. Not just that; In these verses, blindness has been attributed to spiritual maturity (perfect). How is that to be in our lives? How can we live 'seeing many things, but observing not'. Often in life we get to see many things. But a person who lives in the maturity of faith chooses not to observe those things. It is like making a decision of the will to turn a blind eye to many things that seem naturally a reality. We just believe what God says, even though at the moment that seems so far, so wrong. God is the same way. We are in reality horrendous sinners before the perfect and Holy God. Yet in His Word He says, "I will remember your sins no more." (Hebrews 10:17) In John 9:39b, Jesus said that He came "that they that see may be made blind." I know many smart Christians. They know a lot, they judge a lot, they seem to understand everything, they can talk about all things, they see. But I also know some, who choose to stay blind - towards people's failures, towards negativity, towards judgement. The flesh within me also seems to know a lot. But the Spirit in me often teaches me to turn blind to my flesh. I sometimes picture myself like Samson in Judges 16:23-31, a strong man raised up by God, brought by life and his own mistakes, to a place of blindness, weakness and surrounded by mocking people who could see. Yet the blind faith was victorious over the enemy. He trusted God when he could not see strength. One time a loving grandfatherly Christian approached me in order to clarify some negative statements made regarding me by another very credible Christian leader. I answered the man that it was a wrong accusation. This man did not want to hear more explanation. He said to me, "I love you and I believe you. I just wanted to hear this thing from your mouth. That is why I asked." This was such a display of unconditional love of God (AGAPE), which appears almost blind to a natural man. I know different Christians would have dealt with that moment in different ways. But what I experienced was a perfect love. This short conversation has left an eternal mark of God's love in my soul. Love believes all things, hopes all things... (1 Corinthians 13:7-9). Love takes this attitude that we only know in part. Love can appear blind sometimes. Love hung on the Cross two thousand years back and chose to shut His eyes towards all that was wrongfully inflicted on Him and chose to pray, "Father forgive them. They do not know what they do." Love just believes without any evidence. Love trusts. Love refuses to hear accusing voices. Love is quietly resting scribbling on the ground with heads bowed in confidence on God (John 8:6). PS - If you would like to enjoy a thought provoking spirituality quiz, then jump to our fun quiz page. You may also watch our YouTube videos. What about learning about life after death?