“The word of the Lord came to me: ‘What do you see, Jeremiah?’” Jeremiah 1:11 NIV
Lent is a great time to get our eyesight checked, as this passage from Jeremiah reminds us. For those of us who seek to live according to God’s truth, there are three kinds of “eyesight” we may evaluate: The eyesight with which we see light. Our natural eyes see two kinds of light: light from primary sources and light reflected off objects around us. The obvious analogy raises two important questions. What are our primary sources of light and what kinds of things do we gaze at to see reflected light? We need to draw our own conclusions from these questions but let us not forget to regularly have our “real” vision checked! The eyesight of the mind: Evaluating what we are seeing is the realm of our mind. If we don’t keep it progressing and sharp, we can too easily be deluded as to what we are seeing when we take stock of where we are, where God is in it, and what God is up to in the midst of what we see. The eyesight of the Spirit: Just as there are wavelengths of light we can’t see without filters or special instruments, so there are images we miss if we ignore the agency of God’s Holy Spirit in our daily living. This eyesight is kept astute by exercising it. The important “word” to Jeremiah here is: “What do you see?” Whatever God is going to do almost always begins with this question. The best answer requires us to focus on what we “see” using all three forms of eyesight! The question for each one of us, as the Word of the Lord comes to us, is: What do you see?
PRAYER THOUGHT
Lord, open our eyes so that we will see what You are doing.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Lord, during this season, as Your Word comes to us, open every aspect of our eyesight so that we may see what You are doing and respond to Your call in our lives. AMEN
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