What are you seeking today? Is it something you have been trying to accomplish for quite some time? Have you made progress toward your goal? What are you not seeing? Is there an obstacle in your way that you can’t see? Have you asked God to open your eyes?
We often set goals we want to achieve. Some of them are easily achieved while others are much more difficult. We may decide we need to try harder to achieve the difficult ones. However, it may not be that we need to work harder but see the obstacle in front of us.
One of our greatest obstacles is our inability to see. We think we see, but we miss what is in front of us. We are looking through human eyes rather than through God’s eyes.
A blind man heard Jesus was walking by and called out to Him. Many in the crowd tried to silence him, but he cried out even louder. Jesus called the man to Him and asked what he wanted. It was a test. Would the blind man, whose only means of providing for himself was to beg, ask for a few spare coins or would he have faith to ask for his sight? He had faith.
Just as Jesus gave the man his sight, He can give us our sight. He can remove the blindness we have acquired from our culture. He can open our eyes to see as He sees. But He will only do that we are open to radically change our lives and put our full faith and trust in Him. When we are ready to do that, Jesus will open our eyes when we ask.
Imagine how radically different the blind man’s life was after he could see. He no longer needed to beg. He could now work a job and provide for himself. He was able to live a brand-new life. This can happen to us as well. When we ask God to open our eyes, to see as he sees, our lives will change for the better in ways we would never expect.
I pray we all ask God to open our eyes. I pray we desire to see as God sees. I pray each one of us decide to be open to a life altering change for the better, no longer worrying about cultural norms. Open your heart. Open your mind. Ask God to open your eyes. Seek to see as God sees.
Mark 10:51-52 Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “My teacher, let me see again.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.
Marty Pressey 