Sometimes, I can get so fixed on what I want that I cannot see what I really need. You know how that is. We may want a better job, but we cannot see that we need to have better attitudes. Sometimes we cannot see what is possible because our eyes are so focused on what seems to be impossible.
When we open our eyes, we expect to see what is before us. The eyes work like that. But sometimes we are not able to see the Lord’s work because we do not look for the thing that should never happen, something like a bush that burns but is not consumed (Exodus 3:1-3).
I have found that my natural eyesight was often the reason I didn’t have any spiritual insight. In a way, I was spiritually blind. I’m not saying that today I see perfectly well spiritually, but then I didn’t see much of anything at all spiritually because I depended on my natural sight.
To see more of what is happening around us we must open more than just our eyes. We must open our lives to see the spiritual things that cannot be easily explained in the natural. Our natural sight cannot do this for us.
But how do we do this? How do we see what we cannot see? How do we see what cannot be explained? And if our eyes will see what is before us, how can they see what is hidden from us? Well, the answer is simple. Only the Lord can open your spiritual sight for you.
Not many people would see a railroad when looking at the pony express. But one person did. He saw what was possible from what was before them. So, it is with us today. The Lord wants us to learn to see and to have what is impossible from the things that are happening right now with us. One of the ways He gets us to open our spiritual sights is to ask questions of us.
I imagine many of you are like me. I pray and I ask the Lord for many things. I sometimes even ask Him questions about the things I do not understand. But one of the surest ways you can have your spiritual eyes opened happens when the Lord asks you a question.
In 1 Kings 19:13-14, the Prophet Elijah was tired from having a bad run of things. His spiritual sight had been blinded by what he saw with his carnal eyes. He had fought and killed many of the false prophets serving other gods and now the one remaining prophet was out to kill him.
Scripture says God found Elijah sitting under a juniper tree all by himself. When seeing this God asked him, “Elijah, what are you doing here?” Elijah explained to God what God already knew.
God is patient and loving with us. He uses many ways to teach us to use our spiritual sight more. So, He will ask questions of us that He already knows the answers.
He asked Moses what did he have in his hand? Exodus 4:2
He asked Paul why are you persecuting me? Acts 9:4
He asked Adam where are you? Genesis 3:9
So, take a moment and ask the Lord to help you make sure you are seeing with your spiritual eyes. Has God ever asked you a question? If He has, it may be because He is trying to teach you to learn to live more by your spiritual sight than by your natural eyes.
Pray always. The scripture tells us to do that. Many of us will ask the Lord to tell us what He wants us to do. That is good. But through your prayers learn also to listen for the times the Lord has a question of you. These will be the times He will open your eyes to see more of what you are missing.
Cain, after he killed Abel, was saddened, not because he had just killed his brother but because he was jealous of the position Abel had with God. God asked Cain “why has your countenance fallen?” When God asks you a question, He will always ask what should be asked instead of what you want Him to ask.
It is a sign of a special moment when the Lord asks you a question. Be ready for that time when it comes. He asked other people questions like these:
A man at the pool He asked, “Do you want to be healed?” John 5:6
A woman with an issue of blood He asked, “Who touched me?” Luke 8:45-46
Peter He asked, “Do you love Me?” John 21:16
His own disciples He asked, “How much bread have you?” Matthew 15:34-39
I believe He has a question for you. Ask Him what that might be. And when He does, be mindful He is looking for you to respond with your spiritual life more than your natural life. Be ready for what He asks you.
Lord, open their spiritual eyes that they may see the army of angels ready to do battle for them in their natural lives so that they can serve you more with their spiritual lives. It didn’t matter how much bread they had, whatever they had it was enough to do what Jesus wanted to do.
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