Stepping Stones: Close Your Eyes To Really See

Transformational Thought

We lost our power the other night. I was reflexively hitting the light switch expecting to get some help. Amazing how dark your house can be. Not being able to see is really problematic. It can be crippling, especially because we aren’t used to being in the dark. In our normal state, we are so dependent on our eyes as our primary radar system to gauge our surroundings. In fact, it takes an intense stimulus to set off our other radar systems … a skunk … a sudden noise ... a bitter herb … a nudge on the arm. Our vision is the most sensitive radar we have, and seeing clearly is vital to health and management.

When we lose our sight, we’re incapacitated. Our radar is out! Over time, though, we learn to develop our other senses … revealing an amazing world as these other previously little used radar systems get recalibrated, sensitized, and cranked up.

Believe this: God is at work in many areas of your life long before you can discern or “see” the results. Shut down your reliance on your material radar that’s been honed by the false influences of this world, and start to develop your spiritual radar. God built it into us, but we have allowed it to atrophy, wither away, and decay because we rarely turn it on or pay any attention to it. Trust Him by waiting patiently, and accepting each moment as a gift from Him to exercise and develop the most important part of your awareness and defense system: your spiritual radar.

When the time is right, when you have learned to tune into the spiritual station, you will see the results of His handiwork … of his Mercy and Grace. Work on your spiritual radar … learn the spiritual truths of the Bible, God’s character, His promises, His instructions for life, and His perspective of you. Develop a focus on the eternal. Trusting … believing these to be true and acting on them. That is how you tune your spiritual radar to the reality of life.

Today, begin living by faith rather than by sight. Do this by basing your decisions on His teachings instead of the world system’s answers. It will enable you to see and revel in His Glory. Miracles are not always visible to the eye … but those who live by faith see them clearly and regularly. The life you yearn for and that He has for you is WITHIN REACH. Tune in to His frequency and you will be able to see it and grab it easily!

Prayer
Dear God, I want to see Your Glory in myself and in others. I pray that You allow me just a glimpse of Your Glory. Please give me spiritual radar and discerning eyes so I can recognize miracles when I see them. I pray that You reveal more and more of Your Glory-moments to me. I look forward to Your radiant perfection. Sadly though, I know that this world I live in is deeply fallen. I pray for an increase in my faith so that I can accept and navigate through this world’s brokenness, yet remain open to seeing Your beautiful miracles. I pray this in the name of the One with perfect spiritual radar, Jesus Christ – and all God’s children say, AMEN!

The Truth
Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
John 11:40

For we walk by faith, not by sight
2 Corinthians 5:7

For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
Psalm 38:15