BLURRED VISION!

BLURRED VISION!

Luke 11:33-35

33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

          When we trust Jesus as our Savior, our spiritual eyes are opened and we are given new light. We, by the Holy Spirit, are able to see what God wants us to see. (John 8:12) We stop stumbling because our vision is properly focused. Those who are still unsaved are blinded (2 Corinthians 4:3-6) and their perspective is blurred by the Devil’s distractions (Ephesians 5:8-14).

          A few years ago, my wife developed a strange medical condition. Inside her right sinus cavity a small tumor began to grow and it literally threatened her life. It grew so large as to move her eyeball to one side which caused her to have double vision. It was nauseating! Once the growth was surgically removed her vision returned to normal because her eyes had a single focus.

          We can’t divide our focus and still walk a straight path! We can’t have one eye on God and the other on the world (1 John 2:16). Our light becomes darkness when we try to merge the philosophies of right and wrong. Our sense of right and wrong become skewed and we begin to confuse beauty and ugliness.

          The Scribes and Pharisees claimed to “see the light” but they were so hardened that they could not discern between light and darkness. Jesus gave them warning and then walked away from them.

John 12:35-36

35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

Dear Light of the World, shine upon me today. Let my eyes be focused on the things of God. AMEN