Is God fair?

Who made men blind? Why do they remain blind inspite of their prayers asking God to restore their sights?

Exodus 4:11 So the Lord said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord?"

Every human being that exists on earth is a creation of God. In the eyes of God, we are all the same...He loves us and treats us fairly, blind or not. His wisdom and knowledge is far more than the wisdom of man, henceforth, we cannot question his purpose of creating a man to be blind.

Isaiah 55:8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," says the Lord. 9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts."

Psalm 103:11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so surpassing is His kindness toward those who fear Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He put our transgressions from us. 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. 14 For He knows how we are formed; He remembers that we are dust.

Isaiah 45:9 Woe to him who contends with his Maker; a potsherd among potsherds of the earth! Dare the clay say to it modeler, "What are you doing?" or "What you are making has no hands"? 10 Woe to him who asks a father, "What are you begetting?" or a woman, "What are you giving birth to?"

In the spiritual realm, there are advantages of being blind. The blind are favored because they cannot commit the sin of lust for they cannot see.

1 John 2:15 Have no love for the world, nor the things that the world affords. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love has no place in him, 16 for nothing that the world affords comes from the Father. Carnal allurements, enticements for the eye, the life of empty show - all these are from the world. 17 And the world with its seductions is passing away but the man who does God's will endures forever.

John 9:1 As He walked along, He saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, was it his sin or that of his parents that caused him to be born blind?" 3 "Neither," answered Jesus: "It was no sin, either of this man or of his parents. Rather, it was to let God's works show forth in him."

Then, Jesus opened his eyes and he was able to see. The work of God was manifested thu him. Had it not been for this blind man, the Lord Jesus wouldn't be able to show God's mercy, love and forgiveness thru him. Compared to others, the blind are spiritually matured and they have a special place in God's kingdom. They are the favored ones and come judgment day, they will no longer have defects. They will be the first ones to obtain mercy and their bodies will be changed into incorruptible ones.

1 Corinthians 15:50 This is what I mean, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; no more can corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Now I am going to tell you a mystery. Not all of us shall fall asleep, an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet. The trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 This incorruptible body must be clothed with incorruptibility, this mortal body with immortality. 54 When the corruptible frame takes on incorruptibility and the mortal immortality, then will the saying of Scripture be fulfilled: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

God's mercy and love abound on the blind. If we ourselves are merciful towards the blind, God has a soft spot in His heart for them.

James 2:12 Always speak and act as men destined for judgment under the law of freedom. 13 Merciless is the judgment on the man who has not shown mercy; but mercy triumphs over judgment.