Use What You’ve Got
"Then he touched their eyes, saying, 'According to your faith be it done to you.'" – Matthew 9:29
When Jesus passed through Jericho, two blind men were sitting beside the road. They couldn’t see where they were or what was happening around them. They had been pushed to the margins of society, stripped of status, and viewed as unworthy by both the culture and the religious community of their day.
In the ancient world, blindness wasn’t just a physical condition. It was a barrier to participating in the life everyone else got to live. These men had no access to education, no hope for employment, and no place in the religious system. They were labeled by their limitation and left out by the very people who claimed to represent God. They had no names, no titles, and no place to belong.
But here’s the remarkable part. Even though they couldn’t see Jesus, they could still hear Him. And even though society tried to silence them, they used their voices to cry out to the only one who could help. They didn’t let what they lacked keep them from using what they had.
That’s a powerful reminder for anyone who feels like something is missing. Maybe you’ve lost time, money, opportunities, or even relationships. Maybe you’ve faced rejection, setbacks, or seasons where it felt like nothing was working in your favor. But just because you’ve lost something doesn’t mean you’ve lost everything.
What you have left matters more than what you lost. If you still have a voice, you can call on Jesus. If you still have breath in your lungs, God is not done with your story. Your limitations do not cancel your potential. They don’t eliminate your purpose.
It’s time to stop giving so much weight to what went wrong. Stop magnifying the one thing that feels broken and start stewarding what is still strong. You may not have everything you wish you had, but if you give God what you do have, He can use it in ways you never imagined. The miracle didn’t happen because they could see. It happened because they believed. And the same can be true for you.
When Jesus passed through Jericho, two blind men were sitting beside the road. They couldn’t see where they were or what was happening around them. They had been pushed to the margins of society, stripped of status, and viewed as unworthy by both the culture and the religious community of their day.
In the ancient world, blindness wasn’t just a physical condition. It was a barrier to participating in the life everyone else got to live. These men had no access to education, no hope for employment, and no place in the religious system. They were labeled by their limitation and left out by the very people who claimed to represent God. They had no names, no titles, and no place to belong.
But here’s the remarkable part. Even though they couldn’t see Jesus, they could still hear Him. And even though society tried to silence them, they used their voices to cry out to the only one who could help. They didn’t let what they lacked keep them from using what they had.
That’s a powerful reminder for anyone who feels like something is missing. Maybe you’ve lost time, money, opportunities, or even relationships. Maybe you’ve faced rejection, setbacks, or seasons where it felt like nothing was working in your favor. But just because you’ve lost something doesn’t mean you’ve lost everything.
What you have left matters more than what you lost. If you still have a voice, you can call on Jesus. If you still have breath in your lungs, God is not done with your story. Your limitations do not cancel your potential. They don’t eliminate your purpose.
It’s time to stop giving so much weight to what went wrong. Stop magnifying the one thing that feels broken and start stewarding what is still strong. You may not have everything you wish you had, but if you give God what you do have, He can use it in ways you never imagined. The miracle didn’t happen because they could see. It happened because they believed. And the same can be true for you.
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