“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.”
Matthew 6:22
I try to remember to look up or ahead when I am walking to see everything possible. When I drive, I can only look forward. I can only see what is before me. Limited as it is, I see. But it is not the full picture. In fact, the weather or time of the day all affect not what I see but how I see.
I gave that example to better reflect on how critical it is that we assess not just what we see, but first “how” we see the world before us.
As believers in a world that tends to try to separate itself from the Creator, there are dimensions that we are graced to perceive beyond this reality. Faith elevates how we see things and people and situations. Hope dissects how we see a worrisome situation. But for many of us, this is easier said than done.
Oh, the agony of wanting to believe when nothing looks worthy of our faith!
We want to believe the best in people. We want to hope for the best in life because of the goodness of God. We want to see the possibilities in a dire situation in a positive way. That is just what faith does – it affects and almost demands “how” you see the world.
But too often we forget.
Too often, we become distracted by the distortions of this world and its systems and cultures. We forget the “how” from time to time and focus on the what. Seeing becomes a matter of what we see rather than how we see what we see.
The how represents the perspective of our understanding and frame of seeing. The scripture above emphasizes the power of our sight not for what we see but for how we see it. It is referring to the frame in which we see through, that is beyond the physical eyes.
Just as we see different in the dark and in the sunlight, in light of Resurrection Sunday, the Spirit of God is reminding us that the health of our eyes depends on the source of our perspective.
Do you still seek the Lord for wisdom in ALL things?
Is your faith and your hope in God still backing up all the what you see? Or has the pressures and tribulations of this day and age gotten a hold of your sight?
The Lord wanted me to remind us today that it is time for a spiritual sight check.
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Especially in this marvelous week of Easter, in this season of death and Resurrection, we are called to examine the health of our eyes that is the lamp of our body.
Friend, may I ask that you consider how you see all that you see? How do you see your life? your money? your spouse or partner? your family? your church? your career? your worth? your purpose? and your being?
HOW do you see it all? With what lenses do you perceive the meaning of what you have been given to steward as a child of God?
As we seek the Lord for new understanding and seeing in new dimensions of faith and trials, I pray for you as I pray for me too. I pray that the Lord sends a divine breeze to cast away the blurriness before us and that the eyes of our understanding are enlightened in Jesus Name. Amen.