What
keeps us from being able to see? There
are things that hinders our view. There
are sickness that makes our eyes not work properly. There are things that won’t even allow what
we see to make it through to our brain.
But I want to see more.
Within
the last year I visited a local eye doctor because I was having a problem being
able to focus as I was reading. After a
few minutes of simple tests and checking on a couple things, the Doctor shared
with me something I wasn’t ready to hear.
It was devastating. I was shocked
and hurt at the same time. He said that
my eye sight would not get any better, and my problem with focusing was due to
… getting older. He said things change
with age.
His
suggestion was to get some reading glasses, and I did. But I rarely use them. Maybe it is because of pride. Maybe it is because of laziness. Maybe it is because I just don’t want to
admit that at 43 years old that I am growing older (my birthday was last
Sunday, and if you could have birthdays without getting older that would be
cool).
So,
how am I going to improve my vision?
There are some things I can do.
My thought was some cool glasses that made me look smarter, but that’s
not what I got. Then it turned my
thinking and my attention to seeing spiritually. What is it that keeps us from seeing what God
wants us to see?
Satan, who is
the god of this world, has blinded
the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light
of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ,
who is the exact likeness of God.
It is
Satan’s objective to keep people from meeting and seeing God. He will try to either keep us from us or
distract us so we cannot see or follow God.
Yet our gracious God is opening our eyes all the times. What we listen to and look at we become like. Look to God and follow God and you will
become more like God. Plus you will see
more of what God wants you to see.
Matthew 6:22 NLT
Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled
with light.
But
sometimes our eyes are bad. Because of
physical problems you need to go see a doctor to have your vision fixed and
your ability to see restored or corrected.
Sometimes this comes with glasses, other times with medicine, and it may
even take surgery.
Much
the same is true for us spiritually. We
need God to change what we see. Our
hearts and our minds often keep us from seeing things that God wants us to see. That is why focusing on God is so important.
I
cannot imagine what life is like for a blind person. Yet when someone who has not seen before
sees, it is awesome to hear what they have to say. They have never seen color or the ocean or
mountains, and when they see, it is a whole new world.
Helen Keller couldn’t see
or hear, yet if you read some of her works, you will be amazed at what she did
see. How is that? She allowed God to fill her heart and life
with what He wanted her to see. I long
for seeing like that!
Ephesians 1:18 NASB
I pray that the eyes of your heart
may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what
are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
May
God help us see like we have never seen before.
May our lives help others see God in all in grace and beauty. I pray we will literally begin seeing more!
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