After a recent surgery, I needed to tell the doctor what I knew. An itchy rash was invading the right side of my body! I could tell the doctor where and when, but I could only guess the why. Turned out, my guess was wrong.

During His ministry, Jesus healed a blind man on the Sabbath. The disciples wondered why the man was blind. Whose sin caused this malady, his parents’ or his own. The disciples’ assumptions were wrong. Jesus explained, “[T]his happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life” (John 9:3b).

The religious Jewish leaders chose to investigate the healing and questioned the man born blind. Again, he could only testify to what he knew. “He put mud on my eyes . . . and I washed, and now I see” (John 9:15b).

Still not satisfied, the Pharisees interrogated the parents of the man born blind. Their testimony was succinct. “We know he is our son . . . and we know he was born blind. But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know” (John 9:20-21a).

Finally, the Pharisees grilled the no-longer-blind man again. Since he had no additional testimony, he simply stated, “One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!” (John 9:25b).

I love that! Many times, we fear we have nothing to say, no testimony worth sharing. We feel unable to explain the “whys” of this world. But we can share how Jesus has met our needs, how we have witnessed answered prayers, and experienced the Lord walking with us through difficult seasons. We can express who Jesus is to us.

May we tell what we know!