Friday, February 14, 2020

How's Your Sight?

What happens when you can’t see? Recently, my daughter got contacts and glasses because she wasn’t able to see as clearly as she knew she could. Now, she can see fine. There’s hardly a time that you wouldn’t want to see, right? We like to be able to see what we’re doing and where we’re going.

However, there are some things we don’t want to see. Bloody or mangled bodies (for most normal people), or rude or criminal behavior. In fact, one of the most recognizable symbols in our legal system in this nation is Lady Justice, a statue of a woman holding scales in one hand and a sword in the other, but she’s blindfolded. She symbolizes fair and equal administration of the law, without corruption, greed, prejudice, or favor.

Ultimately, that’s the exact picture God wants us to see of Him. That He is without corruption, greed, prejudice, or favor (Isaiah 53, 1 Peter 2:21-25, Philippians 2:5-11, etc.) Jesus wanted His disciples to see and understand this about Him most of all. Because through their words, the rest of the world would be told about God’s plan to save mankind.

God wants us to see Him for who He really is. Satan, on the other hand, doesn’t! 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, “And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”

Satan has always used corruption, greed, prejudices, or favoritism to ruin the work God is trying to do in all of us. Our propensity to please self gets in the way of doing the will of the father.

Jesus shares a timeless parable that depicts the battle for our allegiance to His way. Luke 8:4-15, “…[The explanation] Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God. Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved. Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away. The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life and bring no fruit to maturity. But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.”

How’s your Christ-sight? Do you see what He sees? Or does the “the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life” get in the way? It’s “not from the Father but is from the world.” (1 John 2:15-17)

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