GOD-BLESSED EYES!
15th Jul 2015
Jesus was telling parables to the crowd which puzzled the disciples. “Why do you tell stories?” they asked. Jesus explained that Isaiah had prophesied that the crowd wouldn’t understand, “Your eyes are awake but you don’t see a thing.” However to the disciples He said, “But you have God-blessed eyes - eyes that see!”
As believers we have “God-blessed eyes”, are we using them? First we can use them to see the way God cares, provides and protects us. This morning Joyce and I were reading “Faith Food” where we were being encouraged to give thanks to God for 10 specific things. So we did just that. Thanksgiving is powerful and as we spoke out the many ways God blesses us, we were encouraged, our faith rose, and we began to pray into various key issues of the moment.
In Matthew 9:36, it says of Jesus, “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” God-blessed eyes don’t just see crowds they see beyond the superficial into hearts, which causes them to reach out in love and to practically meet the needs of the broken and bruised. Just like the Good Samaritan, they are always ready to pour in oil and wine.
God-blessed eyes are not deceived but see reality; it says of Jesus, “But he would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.” (John 2:24 & 25) This enables us to act with wisdom, to protect those in danger and to guide those deceived.
God-blessed eyes see those who are going through times of great challenge, through sickness and personal crisis and commit themselves to pray and to stand alongside them in faith. They do not criticise or take on board all the negative predictions, they pray and keep holding up the situation before God.
You have “God-blessed eyes” use them to transform the world around you.
by Charles Sibthorpe
