(philstar.com) Updated March 14, 2012
. . . the eyes of your understanding being enlightened. — Ephesians 1:18
So much of what we pray for has to do with what we see with our
eyes. We petition God about our problems, a leaky roof, faulty
plumbing, or the need for a new church facility — and that’s all right.
We should pray about those things.
But when Paul talked to God about the believers in Ephesus, he
didn’t mention their physical needs. Instead, he asked that they would
be able to see and understand God’s truth more clearly (1:18). He was
asking the Lord to give the Ephesians spiritual discernment in three
areas: the hope to which they had been called, the riches of their
spiritual inheritance, and the resurrection power that was theirs (vv.
18-20).
These unseen elements are significant because the better we can see
with the eye of faith into the invisible, spiritual realm of God, the
better we will see the visible world for what it really is.
Understanding our hope of eternal life and realizing the wealth of our
riches in Jesus Christ will enable us to maintain a proper perspective
of this visible world. It will also keep us from being too focused on
all the stuff it has to offer.
O Lord, show us those invisible things we need to see and know, which are so much more important than the things we can see. — Dave Egner
Lord, help us see what cannot be seen
With only the naked eye;
So let us look with eyes of the heart
To riches beyond the sky. — Fitzhugh
READ: Ephesians 15-23
You won’t be blind to your spiritual riches if you keep your eyes on Jesus.
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