His pain, my gain.

Text to read Mark 8:22-25
"... Jesus led him..." Mark 8:23

One day, some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged Him to touch him. “Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village…” (Mark 8:23) Notice two things that Jesus did:
1. He took the blind man by the hand
2. He led the blind man out of the village.

I was studying that line very carefully and I realized that: It DID NOT say:
A. “Jesus took the blind man’s hand and led him out of the village.”
It said: B. “Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village.”

The “object” of attention in Statement A is “the blind man’s hand.” However the object of attention is Statement B is “The blind man.” Mark 8:23 does not use Statement A, rather it uses Statement B.

I am glad that when I encountered Jesus, He did not take only a few components of me – rather He took all of me. He did not take my hands alone; he took ME by my hand – and that means a lot to me. It means a lot to me that He did not take my hands alone to serve His purpose – rather He used my hand to take ME – and then work out His purpose through me. He did not take my successes alone, or my failures alone; my strengths alone, or my weaknesses alone; my dreams alone, or my fears alone. He took me. “Jesus took the blind man…”

By,
Sujith Alex