Editorial
 
Be Liberated
Be Healed

intervenes in human history and enters the life of mankind, in a manner inscrutable to the desires and thinking of man. In the Gospel of Mark, chapter 8, verses 22-26, we find the account of Jesus giving sight to a blind man. Even today we find several people, who have experienced healing or conversion at retreats, Bible conventions or Praise and Worship of God, sharing their experience with others and sending numerous other people to attend retreats. It was in a similar manner that some brought the blind man to Jesus. They hoped the all-powerful wonder-worker Jesus, would heal him with just a word or a touch. But Jesus belied their hopes and taking the blind man by his hand, led him out of the village.That blind man holding the hand of Jesus, walking towards the experience of healing and the horizons of bliss, was approaching salvation as he was going farther away from the village.

To make salvation our own, to attain perfection, we have to walk along the paths indicated by the Almighty. While the blind man wanted to remain in the village and be close to those dear to him, Jesus declared he should not even enter that village any more.

Those who took him to Jesus, certainly desired to see the miraculous cure happen before their very eyes, while the blind man must have wished to recount the great blessing of his healing to his family and countrymen as soon as possible. God works out his plans in our life over- riding the calculations and the dream-castles we construct for ourselves. When God acts in a way beyond the scope of our thinking or our desires, we should not lose hope and grieve that God has abandoned us. "And my God will fully satisfy every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus"(Phil 4:19). So does St Paul assure us in a spirit-filled moment. Do we not weep and lament when things do not go according to our wishes? When the desired life-partner is not to be had; when we are not blessed with children; when even a rudimentary shelter is denied to us; when daughters of marriageable age remain unsettled-do we not cry out, "Why does not God hear me despite my ardent prayer?" Let God's plans be fulfilled in our lives. Let us keep ready to go out of the city, never to return to it as Jesus takes us by the hand and makes known his will to us.

Lord, may your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven. Only hold my hand and lead me on, from evil and diabolical bondage, to the freedom of heaven. Do not permit me to fall back into the evil habits and the wiles of Satan which I have renounced. Lord Jesus, be with me to steer my life towards the shores of peace and cast anchor at the harbour of inner joy. Amen.
 

-Editor