I pray also that the eyes of your
heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has
called you. Ephesians 1:18
So many of
us live in a world of rush and stress. How we need moments of worship in which
we stop and focus our spiritual eyes on Jesus.
Scripture tells us to “seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face
continually” (1 Chronicles 16:11 NASB). “My
eyes are continually toward the Lord”, said the psalmist, “for He will pluck my
feet out of the net” (Psalm 25:15 NASB).
When we feel
that snare of commitments, hurry, and busyness has trapped us, we can open the
eyes of our hearts to Jesus. As we do,
the confusion clears. We see that we
need not do a hundred things or fifty things or even ten; we need do only one;
obey Him, one small task at a time. When
we see it, we suddenly find the flower of peace blooming in the field of
frustration. We find the gentle flow of
order springing up in the desert of chaos.
What happens
when we are vulnerable enough to come to the Lord in prayer, seeking Him with
open eyes? Exactly what gets transformed when we focus willing hearts on Him? He changes our whole perspective. He helps us discern between what we have and
what we need. He teaches us to focus our
lives on one person, one moment, and one need at a time. He gives us eyes to see the beauty and the
value in each person with whom we spend time.
He lets us peel away the irritations in our lives and look at the hidden
joy beneath them – the things for which we can be thankful. In short, He lets us see life as the treasure
that it is.
It is so
easy to waste precious moments with the letdowns of life when just changing the
direction of our glance to just looking to the Lord and giving Him our praise will
bring our hearts to a whole new place.
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