“Ears that hear and eyes that see — we get our basic equipment from God!”
(Proverbs 20:12 / The Message Bible)
The decorations on the walls in Dr. Koppany’s office are all about the different parts and inner workings of the human eye. The yearly visit with the Hungarian optometrist is necessitated by my weakening eyesight, but we like to discuss matters relating to our spiritual sight as well. He is a Methodist believer, a dedicated professional, whose opinions in both areas, the physical and the spiritual, are based on his deep, personal insights.
The colorful charts and displays in the physician’s office portray the delicate structure of the eye. This little organ is a bundle of tens of millions of electrical connections, enabled to handle almost two million simultaneous messages. The tiny muscles in the eye are amongst the body’s strongest. They move about one hundred thousand times daily, to bring the objects viewed into sharp focus. A similar exercising of the leg muscles would entail a fifty-mile walk, in one day!
How much more precious is spiritual sight; man’s God-given ability to absorb information about the unseen world! Yet, the Bible teaches, natural man is spiritually blind. Sin obstructs our spiritual sight. It is the work of grace received to have the first unobstructed glimpses of our sorrowful spiritual state. That is when and why we cry for the Lord’s mercy. Seeing more, seeing clearly, beholding His glory, viewing ourselves as He sees us, and then, believing even the unseen, these are spiritual terrains grasped thru eyes touched by the healing power of God’s grace.
The Spirit of God maintains our spiritual sight. He energizes our perceptions and will to focus on the significant. He keeps us in balance so that the multitudes of charges and impulses running through being will lead to a deepened understanding of truth. His guidance in the interpretation of spiritual information helps us to be obedient to the Truth, who came to the world to be revealed. For the greatest tragedy of life is not seeing Jesus Christ, the God incarnate. We are re-created to behold Him in glory!
Lord, I say with the blind man in the Gospels: “One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see” (John 9:25). You are my Healer. I praise you, and go on worshipping you as one who sees life full of your presence. Amen..
(Proverbs 20:12 / The Message Bible)
The decorations on the walls in Dr. Koppany’s office are all about the different parts and inner workings of the human eye. The yearly visit with the Hungarian optometrist is necessitated by my weakening eyesight, but we like to discuss matters relating to our spiritual sight as well. He is a Methodist believer, a dedicated professional, whose opinions in both areas, the physical and the spiritual, are based on his deep, personal insights.
The colorful charts and displays in the physician’s office portray the delicate structure of the eye. This little organ is a bundle of tens of millions of electrical connections, enabled to handle almost two million simultaneous messages. The tiny muscles in the eye are amongst the body’s strongest. They move about one hundred thousand times daily, to bring the objects viewed into sharp focus. A similar exercising of the leg muscles would entail a fifty-mile walk, in one day!
How much more precious is spiritual sight; man’s God-given ability to absorb information about the unseen world! Yet, the Bible teaches, natural man is spiritually blind. Sin obstructs our spiritual sight. It is the work of grace received to have the first unobstructed glimpses of our sorrowful spiritual state. That is when and why we cry for the Lord’s mercy. Seeing more, seeing clearly, beholding His glory, viewing ourselves as He sees us, and then, believing even the unseen, these are spiritual terrains grasped thru eyes touched by the healing power of God’s grace.
The Spirit of God maintains our spiritual sight. He energizes our perceptions and will to focus on the significant. He keeps us in balance so that the multitudes of charges and impulses running through being will lead to a deepened understanding of truth. His guidance in the interpretation of spiritual information helps us to be obedient to the Truth, who came to the world to be revealed. For the greatest tragedy of life is not seeing Jesus Christ, the God incarnate. We are re-created to behold Him in glory!
Lord, I say with the blind man in the Gospels: “One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see” (John 9:25). You are my Healer. I praise you, and go on worshipping you as one who sees life full of your presence. Amen..
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