August 16, 2024

Blind Spots: We All Have Them

I heard of a woman who was recently ticketed for causing an accident. Exasperated with her argument the policeman finally said, “Of course he was in your blind spot. Everything not on your cell phone is in your blind spot.”

I used to say the new-fangled technology in today’s automobiles that told me there was a car in my blind spot was a waste of money. That was until I drove a car with that technology. I can’t count the number of times that side mirror sensor and dinging bell has saved me from blindly changing lanes thinking the coast was clear. Sometimes I wish I had a blind spot sensor for the rest of life.

All of us have blind spots. There’s just so much we don’t see that’s related to us and, as a result, we respond and react to daily situations in ways that are unbecoming, petty, and even sinful. Until we’re made aware of our blind spots, we’ll continue doing life and relationships as we always have, usually leaving a trail of damage in our path.

This coming Sunday we’re going to take a deeper dive into the subject of blind spots. Specifically, we’ll see how blind spots lead to harmful behaviors, how they have to be revealed to us, and how they can be cured. To prepare for Sunday, I hope you’ll take the time to read the second half of the Prodigal Son parable in Luke 15:28-32. As you read it, see if you can list the older brother’s blind spots.

The older brother was angry and wouldn’t go in. His father came out and begged him, ²⁹ but he replied, ‘All these years I’ve slaved for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to.  And in all that time you never gave me even one young goat for a feast with my friends. ³⁰ Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!’ ³¹ “His father said to him, ‘Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours. ³² We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’”

I look forward to seeing you on Sunday!

pastor jamie