Providential Blindness
By Karen D’Amore
“As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, ‘Strike these people with blindness.’ So He struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.”
2 Kings 6:18
I was one of three speakers at a recent Women’s Conference. Sharing personal experiences, within the theme “Real Life Makeovers,” each speaker had no knowledge of what the others would be sharing. By the end of the conference, a unifying theme of “Providential Blindness” emerged from the stories of each speaker.By Karen D’Amore
“As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, ‘Strike these people with blindness.’ So He struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.”
2 Kings 6:18
I shared how, as a police officer, God temporarily blinded me to a driver’s symptoms of drunkenness. This blindness prevented me from getting into my police car to transport him to jail. Moments later, while ticketing this driver, my police car was demolished by a drunk driver. It was immediately apparent that God’s miraculous intervention had spared me my life. A prodigal daughter at the time, this dramatic experience drew me back into a relationship with Jesus.
Growing up in a missionary family, the second speaker shared an experience from her childhood. War broke out while she and her family were serving in a foreign country. In danger of being captured, they were forced into hiding. When heavily armed militants broke into their home, God blinded the militants to her and her family as they hid in plain sight in a back bedroom. God’s intercession protected them from capture and execution.
The final speaker shared how in a spirit of rebellion, she denounced God and set out on a journey to distance herself from Him. Thoroughly researching a school in a foreign country, God blinded her to the Christian affiliation of the facility in which she had enrolled. Through relationships within that school, she eventually trusted Jesus as her Lord and Savior.
We see throughout Scripture how Jesus repeatedly worked miracles through blindness. He gave healing sight to those who were physically blind and He inflicted temporary blindness to protect the righteous. The God of miracles in biblical times is still a God of miracles today. Though His methodology differs from person to person, one thing remains constant…Jesus is the explanation for that which is unexplainable! And may Jesus who is the same yesterday, today and forever receive the glory for the providential results.
GOING DEEPER:
1. Are you facing a situation that seems impossible? Ask God to work a miracle in your circumstances, and then give Him the glory and trust His best for the results.
2. How can your faith be strengthened by the modern day miracles shared by these speakers?
FURTHER READING:
Psalm 77:14; Proverbs 3:5; John 14:11; John 9:25
Married to husband Dan, Karen manages Intrigue Salon & Spa, is the administrator for Oakwood’s Tuesday a.m. Bible Study, and co-leads a freshman girls’ small group.
