David himself calls him 'lord';
so how is he his son?"
The great crowd heard this with delight.
Jesus is the LORD of lords. He is the king of kings. We need to put him first in everything. Only in so doing are our enemies placed under our feet. Only then do we find the way to the life of blessing that God really does have in store for all of us.
We'd really prefer to solve the problem of bird-dropping induced cataracts by figuring it out for ourselves on PubMed. We'd like to similarly solve any relationship issues by first focusing on the relationships. But that leads to one failure after another. Only once all is surrendered to God is he free to truly bless us. We do not surrender to him because we do not trust him. We know that his priorities are not our priorities. We think that his idea of blessings won't make us happy. But they are the only things that can make us happy.
May his holy name be praised
throughout all the ages,
Because it was he who scourged me,
and it is he who has had mercy on me.
Behold, I now see my son Tobiah!
We too are blind when we do not put God first. Anything else we think we can see is false reality. Paul discovered this after being blinded on the road to Damascus. Tobit discovers it in the reading this morning. We are invited to discover it as well. Let us come to Jesus so that our eyes may be opened.
The LORD gives sight to the blind.
The LORD raises up those who are bowed down;
the LORD loves the just.
The LORD protects strangers.
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