How much value do you place on your sight? Do you consider it to be one of the top abilities you have? How well do you use your sight? Do you notice things or have you become blind to the common? How is your spiritual sight? Do you see inside yourself?
We all likely believe sight is very important. Seeing allows us to read, recognize, navigate, and appreciate. Yet, seeing alone is not comprehensive. We must also be attentive to our surroundings. Otherwise, we can drive right past our destination.
The same is true of our spiritual sight. We may say we are looking to Jesus, but in doing so, we may miss our own shortcomings. We must take notice of where we are in our journey, what we are doing to progress. We also must recognize our sinful nature and seek to eliminate the sins we know we commit.
Jesus tells the Pharisees that because they claim to see, their sin remains. The same can be said of us. If we claim to see, yet we do not notice our own sin, it remains. On the other hand, if we recognize we have blind spots, confess them, and ask God to reveal them to us, we can also ask for those sins to be forgiven. Lest we become haughty, we must all admit we have blind spots.
Having blind spots does not mean we are not saved. It does mean we still have progress to make to get where God wants us to go. We may quickly admit we are not perfect, but we often don’t want to admit we have blind spots. Let’s take the first step and admit they are there. Then ask God to forgive you and reveal them.
I pray we all know we are not perfect. I pray we admit we have blind spots. I pray each one of us will ask for God’s forgiveness and seek to eliminate our blind spots. Know you are not perfect. Admit your blind spots. Ask God for forgiveness. Eliminate your blind spots.
John 9:41: Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.”
Marty Pressey 