discoveringmytruehome

“He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”

Mark 8:24 NIV

How you see or perceive things impacts how you move and interact in your space and the world around you

Many of us have blind spots. And our view is obstructed, so we can’t see or grasp the whole picture or situation. So we end up falling into a ditch or trap.

Some of these obstructions are our family backgrounds, religious and cultural traditions, and past traumas.

What Do You See?

When you look at your life what do you see? If you are someone who sees the world through a half-empty lens, then it colors everything.

How do you view the world around you? As a Nigerian, this is a struggle for me; it’s so easy, based on what is going on, to see my country in a negative light.

I have discovered that when I see things as unfavorable, it’s hard for me to be or stay motivated, especially when looking at society.

Clarity is What We Need

How often have you gone through life stumbling and toppling as you try to understand what you are doing?

I am currently doing just that. Yet I have found that when I have a clear vision of what I need to be doing, I can surmount the challenges on my path.

Today as I was reading scriptures as part of my quiet time. This passage in Mark 8 hit me in a way I had never seen before.

As I read the scriptures, I said open my eyes, Lord, so I can genuinely see the world as you see it.

That’s the prayer that came to my mind as I read the passage in Mark.

Interestingly enough, growing up with my family, during family devotions, the prayer we uttered every morning before reaching the scriptures was, “Open our eyes, Lord, that we may be able to see wonderful things in your Word.” Which is taken from Psalm 119, verse 18.

The truth is that there is more to life than physical activities and movements around us.

There are spiritual undertones.

There are emotional and mental aspects we may not discern if we solely focus on the physical.

Jesus, my Savior, cuts through all that.

He sees right through the Pharisees and their hypocrisy. He sees beyond the surface. That’s why he warns his disciples about the yeast of the Pharisees and Herod.

One would think he would have told his disciples to be like these men who were the movers and shakers of society. But God is not man. He operates under different standards that might seem foolish to men.

Yet the disciples at first failed to grasp what Jesus was saying. The disciples were stuck on the physical that Jesus had to break down for them in a simpler way.

He wasn’t talking about them, not packing enough bread for the trip. Had he not already multiplied bread on two occasions?

When Jesus healed the Blind man at Bethsaida, he gave the man sight and clarity. And there is a lesson for us spiritually as well.

When he first healed the man, he could see people who looked like trees walking around. So obviously, his healing wasn’t complete, and Jesus did the needful. So, at last, the man could see everything clearly.

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How Clear is Your Vision?

How often have you gone about your daily life with unclear pictures of what you are seeing? And how has that affected the way you think and your decisions and actions?

My prayer this morning is that God should open my eyes to see things and situations clearly.

The truth is God provides clarity through His Word. It’s why it’s it is called the Sword of the Spirit. Hebrews 4:12 spells it out so well.

We must seek God’s face daily and ask the Holy Spirit to guide us. There are insights in the scriptures that we need to be able to live the life God has destined for us.

But we need God’s help to break through the physical and look deep within. Often we get caught up in the superficial that we fail to realize what is happening right before us.