Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.’”
NL Daily Devotion for Sunday, February 15, 2026
by Pr. Matthias Lorimor, Clergy Stuff
Main Idea: The Gospel challenges each of us to wrestle with the mystery of who Jesus is to us.
Who is “the man called Jesus?” That’s the question lurking behind the entire Gospel of John. In many ways, John’s Gospel is unfolds like a mystery play that would keep any audience on the edge of their seats. All throughout it, we see Jesus perform miracles and then watch as the characters around him investigate and debate who he could possibly be to do such things. Few places show this better than John 9, where Jesus heals a blind man, walks away, and leaves the man and the Jewish leaders to wrestle with the mystery of who Jesus could be and what this means. And while the judges spend all their time looking for evidence that might suggest this Jesus is nothing more than a traveling teacher or fraud (v.18, v.24), the real thrill of the story is watching the blind man go through all the stages of faith as he slowly thinks through his experience until he makes his own decision about who Jesus is to him. From this being just a stranger with a name (vs. 11), to a prophet (v. 17), to sensing this man must be from God (v. 32-33), the man ultimately comes to realize this is someone worth believing in and worshipping (v. 38).
Yet, the greatest thrill of John’s mysterious Gospel, is that it forces us (the readers) to wrestle with the mystery ourselves and come to our own conclusion. “Who is the man called Jesus to you,” John asks us. A wise teacher who lived a long time ago? A traveling miracle worker? A prophet? Or will you dare to believe he may just be something more?
