OPEN MY EYES!

OPEN MY EYES!

Ps 119:18

18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

           Jesus had told His disciples that he was “going away” and Thomas said “Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?” John 14:5 Then Philip said that it would be enough if they could just “see the Father.” Jesus then responded that if they had seen Him they had already seen the Father!

           Like the proverbial calf looking at a new gate they didn’t know what they were seeing. Comprehension was withheld from their eyes and minds because Jesus was so cleverly hidden in human flesh.

           The travelers on the road to Emmaus walked and talked with the resurrected Jesus but did not know him. “And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.” Luke 24:15-16

           The word “holden” is translated from the Greek krateo which means “to seize or retain.” They saw but they were “held, seized, and retained” from comprehending.

           Today, ask God to reveal Himself to you in a new and fresh way. What a joy it will be to you to see Him again for the very first time.

Dear Lord, remove the scales from my eyes that I might see you more clearly than ever before. AMEN