We see an illustration of our blindness apart from God in the Gospel of John, chapter 9, with the miracle of God healing the blind man. Blindness represents our state without God. We alone cannot fix our blindness, just like the blind man could not heal himself. Jesus chose to heal the blind man, but the blind man had to choose to open his eyes. Of course, one would question why he would choose to keep his eyes shut in this circumstance. He wanted to be healed of his blindness; therefore, he opened his eyes. Like salvation, it is a choice, but only because God has made it so. We choose God because He has opened our
