So Jesus stood still and called [to the two blind men]…, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
They said to Him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.” So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him. Matthew 20: 32-34
“That our eyes may be opened.” The two blind men did not leave that day thinking highly of themselves because they had begged for mercy. To the Lord alone be the glory! Yet they did beg for mercy. They were not totally passive in what happened to them. They were not struck with sight, they received sight, according to their humble request.
That’s all we can do, really. We can receive the gift. But it is ours to do. God does not do that for us. Even though His grace makes it possible for us to receive the gift in the first place, we are not robots; our choice is somehow involved. “By grace are you saved, through faith, and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God”, the apostle Paul writes. Very true. We somehow choose to receive that gift also.
