Learning to see with Jesus' eyes

About 12 years ago, when I was with my second cell group, I learnt one of the most profound lessons that I still bring along with me today.

It was not learnt during bible study, nor was it learnt in the duration of cell group. My cell group leader (one year older than I was but many many years older in terms of spiritual maturity and her enduring spirit), and I were wondering about a guy who had been missing cell group. I was coming up with a list of possibilities why he could be missing cell just like the disciples asking Jesus if the reason why the man was blind was because he or his parents had sinned. Jesus responded by telling the disciples that they were asking the wrong question. In the midst of finding the reason why, they lost a chance to find out God's intention for them to minister to the blind man.

Similarly, my cell group leader asked me." so how? What should we do next?" I was dumbstruck then and could still remember exactly how I felt then. 

12 years later,  I read something which reinforced the same lesson once again; asking questions may be important but more importantly, the question "what next" should be asked ; concrete expressions of love is more important than theoretical conversations about theology. As very aptly summed up by Ruth Barton:

"yes, there is evil in the world. Yes, there is sin with all its tragic consequences. Yes, there is a complex web of cause and effect relationships at work in the human experience. But what good does the blame question do? The real question is, What is God going to do with it? Jesus engaged the heartbreak and the complexity of the human situation by pointing out that such situations create the most amazing possibilities for God to be at work."

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