The Mud Is Not Enough

By Rev. JACOB RODRIGUEZ

Completing Our Miracles Requires Action

"Go wash in the pool of Siloam, so he went and washed and came back seeing." - John 9:7

Why does God always require us to assist Him when He is working in our lives? God certainly does not need our help, so we may question the meaning of those actions. The Bible teaches us that those actions are expressions of faith in the power of God. Receiving a miracle requires that we believe that it can occur. It is not that God will not operate a miracle if we choose not to believe, but receiving such a miracle is sometimes conditioned on our response to the Spirit. Many of us have missed miracles in our lives because we failed to trust God and take appropriate action. Somewhere between the seen and the unseen, we trapped the faith that was necessary to complete a miracle in our lives.

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Often times we are satisfied with only God's touch. But His touch demands our travel. We must be willing to move and activate our faith in the natural, so that the supernatural would complete the work. God has touched some of you and told you that you would be set free. But deep in our soul you hear His voice telling you to take a step of faith by doing something brave. Allow me to paint the picture of a blind beggar that came to the brink of his miracle and decided that the Mud wasn't enough!

John 9:1-7 (Paraphrased)
v.1) As Jesus and the Disciples were passing by on the streets of Jerusalem, Jesus saw a blind man who had been blind from birth.

a) In comparison, Jesus also sees us in our state of need and desperation. Jesus is well aware of our present situation.

v.2-5) The disciples asked Jesus about the origin of the man's blindness. Customary belief was that someone's affliction was the result of inherited sin from his or her parents. Thus, the disciples suspected that the beggar was blind because of his own sin. However, Jesus made it clear that neither this man nor his parents had sinned. The beggar was blind simply because his affliction would be used to reveal and magnify God's power in that man's life.

a) Whatever the situation may be that requires a miracle, God's focus is on providing a solution. It doesn't really matter how a person got there. What's important is that God can make a miracle to provide an exit from that situation. God will then receive glory when others see a miracle in that person's life.

b) Let us also be reminded that the Lord desires to bless you and that His light be manifested through your testimony.

v.6) Strangely, Jesus did something that was puzzling to everyone who stood and watched. He spat on the ground, which was dirt, and picked it up. Then with His hands He formed a cluster of Mud and rubbed it across the eyes of the blind man.

a) God works in our lives in unusual ways. However, the method used to make a miracle is not as important as the miracle itself. We don't need to know the details of how Jesus rubbed the mud over the beggar's eyes. What is important for us is to realize that God is not afraid to touch us with His own hands. He has a recipe for all afflictions and His handy work reflects his love

v.7) So it was that after Jesus had anointed the blind man's eyes, He told him to go the pool of Siloam. Once he arrived at the pool, he was to wash his eyes with the water. After this was completed, the man came back excited because he was able to see.

a) I will adhere to say that this man's miracle was relying on his response to God's word.

Key Point:
We must realize that when God tells us to do something, we need to do it. Can you imagine what was going through the mind of the blind man? I'm sure he had his doubts on his way to the pool. Yet, this man did not say ... fool! He kept going until he reached the pool. Maybe he needed assistance to get in, but he needed to come to the pool by himself to show his faith.

Often times what we do is we stop about halfway to our miracle. Our minds are given over to doubt and fear. God has required for you to take a step of faith! God has touched and anointed you but we've become satisfied with the Mud! We stop at the altar and expect things to "just happen." Understand that the miracle is already there floating in the pool of Siloam. There are too many people who are walking around with Mud on their eyes, half done ,an incomplete, still living without the miracle and trying to see their way through life. The devil has told you to just live with the Mud. Brethren, the Mud is good because it's the touch of Jesus, but even Jesus knew that it wasn't complete. The Mud is Not Enough! Lord lead me to the pool, I'm ready to take a step of faith!

Conclusion
Now is the time when God is sending you to the pool to complete your miracle. Perhaps God wants you to request something at your employment, talk to a family member, bless a needy family (when you yourself could use money), walk around your house 7 times, etc. You know what God wants you to do, and, if you don't, ask God for directions. Above all, don't become satisfied with the mud, because "the mud is not enough!".

Jacob Rodriguez is an ordained minister in San Jose, California where his father, Joseph Rodriguez, pastors.

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