None So Blind

Inashmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me. Matthew 25:40


Singer Ray Stevens is generally given credit for writing the phrase "There is none so blind as he who will not see," a line from the song "Everything is Beautiful." But preacher Matthew Henry used the phrase 250 years ago when commenting on the lyrics of another songwriter, Asaph.

Asaph's lyrics were ont as upbeat as those of Stevens. His song was a rebuke to the Iaraelites for failing to fulfill their God-given purpose. God had chosen them to show the world how to live right and judge justly, but they were failing miserbly. Instead of defending the weak and fatherless, they were defending the unjust and showing partiality to the wicked (Ps. 82:2-3).

In his commentary on Psalm 82, Henry wrote: "A gift in secret blinds their eyes. They know not because they will not understand. None so blind as those that will not see. They have baffled their own consciences, and so they walk on in darkness."

Jesus confirmed God's interest in the weak and helpless. He explained that whatever is done for the "least of these" is done for Him (Matt. 25:34-40). And He chided His disciples for keeping chidren away from Him (Luke 18:16).

Those who have eyes that see what God sees find ways to help the helpless. - Julie Ackerman Link


Love through me, Love of God,
There is no love in me;
O Fire of love, light Thou the love
That burns perpetually. - Carmichael

A test of true Christian love: Do you help those who can't help you in return?

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Psalm 82

God presides in the great assembly. He judge among the gods. "How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked?" Selah.

"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of wicked."

They don't know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken. I said, "You are gods, All of you are sons of the Most High. Nevertheless you shall die like men, And fall like one of the rulers."

Arise, God, judge the earth, For you inherit all of the nations.

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