Do you have a “God” pair of eyes?


Because of a stigmatism I wear prescribed glasses. Prior to my stigmatism I can remember being told that I had 20/20 vision. I had a good pair of eyes. However, even then with my pronounced perfect vision… at times I didn’t see right. I had a “good” pair of eyes but I didn’t and even now I don’t always have a “God” pair of eyes. Simply put, I didn’t always see things in the world the way God sees them. You see, I sometimes judge people by their outside appearance. There were times when my pupils lacked purity; my retina lacked righteousness and my cornea was corrupt. In other words, I didn’t see things the way God would see them or people the way God would see them. I would see the wrong that people did even after they were forgiven. I would see their outer appearance to determine whether or not I would deal with them. In 1 Samuel 16:7 God Declares that man looks on the outside but God looks at the heart. When a person has a good pair of eyes he can see really far without having to squint; yet when a person has a “God” pair of eyes they can see their neighbor being blessed without embracing covetousness as Saul did in 1 Samuel 18. When a man has a good pair of eyes he can be tempted to look at how attractive a woman is and see her as prey. Yet when a man has a “God” pair of eyes he can make a covenant with his “good” pair of eyes (Job 31:1) and no matter how attractive she is he can see if she needs prayer. When a person has a “good” pair of eyes they can still be judgmental and hyper-critical. Yet when a person has a “God” pair of eyes they know not to be judgemental but to get the beam out of their own eye first (Matthew 7:1-5). When a person has a “good” pair of eyes they can read the numbers on the utility bill and know just how much money they don’t have to pay the bill; but when a person has a “God” pair of eyes they can see that God will provide all needs according to his riches in glory through Christ Jesus (Phil 4:19). Do you see trial and problems through your “good” eyes or through your “God” eyes? Do you see your hard times and challenges through your “good eyes” or through your “God” eyes? My prayer is often this:

Lord help me to see the world, situations and circumstances, myself and others through
Your eyes so that I do not magnify any problem greater than
You and so that I resist those things that are camouflaged in the pleasure of
Sin; so that I might love those who appear unlovable and forgive those who appear To be unforgivable. May my “good” eyes be my “God” eyes and may I only use them see what you want me to see the way you want me to see it; and I will be careful to give you the Glory and Praise.

In Jesus Name…Amen.

Until the next blog,


J.K.