Lord, Open My Eyes
Then Elisha prayed,
Lord, I pray You, open his eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the young
man’s eyes, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and
chariots of fire round about Elisha. 2 Kings 6:17
Maybe it is because I
have now had to have two rounds of laser surgery – both eyes. When I went to
the retina specialist, I asked him what was causing my problem. His response
was not what I wanted to hear: “Your eyes have lived long enough!”
In both eyes the
retina separated from the gel in my eye creating huge floaters. It wasn’t that
I couldn’t see – it just clouded my vision from being really clear. Thankfully
the laser surgeries were successful, and most of the floaters are gone. I can
see much clearer now.
I love this story in 2
Kings 6 when Elisha is standing there with a young man who has become
overwhelmed and fearful about his circumstances. From his human eyes, the
battle raging all around him was so intense that there didn’t seem to be any
way out.
Elisha saw life from a
totally different perspective. His intense and intentional walked with the Lord
helped him to see that God was at work all around him and that even when he
couldn’t necessarily see EVERYTHING – He placed his trust in the one who sees
ALL.
I love Elisha’s prayer
– Lord, open his eyes that he may see! Not a long drawn out prayer. Not a prayer
filled with tons of “Christian-ese.” Simple. Direct. Right to the point.
And God heard Elisha
and answered his prayer of faith. The Lord pulled back the curtain and allowed
this young man to SEE with eyes of faith that all around him were a host of horses
and chariots of fire! Wow!
I find myself praying
just about every day – Lord, open my eyes that I may see you at work all around
me. I don’t want to miss Him at work. He’s there. He is working out His plans
and purposes. Sometimes I get to see BIG picture stuff. Sometimes I get to see
Him at work in little ways that I might miss because of a floater passing by –
the floater of busyness or the floater of my agenda.
I keep writing these
things in my journal because I don’t want to forget them. They are reminders
that HE can be trusted and that HE IS ALWAYS AT WORK ALL AROUND ME.
Don’t knock it – try it first, then write me and tell me I am a whacko. Are you bold enough? Daring enough – to ask God to open your eyes to see Him at work all around you? I dare you! In fact, I double-dog dare you. – Bill Welte is President & CEO of America’s Keswick
Don’t knock it – try it first, then write me and tell me I am a whacko. Are you bold enough? Daring enough – to ask God to open your eyes to see Him at work all around you? I dare you! In fact, I double-dog dare you. – Bill Welte is President & CEO of America’s Keswick
Team YOU: 2 Kings 7-9; Proverbs 9; John 1:1-28
Motivations: Christ asks no preparation of any kind
whatsoever, - legal or evangelical, outward, or inward, - in the coming sinner.
And he that will not come as he is shall never be received at all. It is not
exercised souls, nor penitent believers, nor well humbled seekers, nor earnest
users of the means, nor any of the better class of Adam's sons and daughters,
but "sinner", that Christ welcomes. He came not to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance. Horatius Bonar
Practice to Remember:
Level 1:Ephesians
6:2-3; Level 2: Ephesians 5:15-21
Powered Up: The right relation between prayer and conduct
is not that conduct is supremely important and prayer may help it, but that
prayer is supremely important and conduct tests it. – William Temple
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Open our eyes LORD!
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