Open My Eyes

On Saturday afternoon while I was at my church cleaning, I sat in my normal spot and prayed for our church. I asked God to reveal to me what He wanted me to pray for. The word that I received over and over from him was "eyes". I wasn't sure what that meant, so I got my journal out and wrote down what I felt the Lord was desiring me to pray for. I felt that He wanted me to pray for eyes to be open, veils to be lifted, and for people to see God differently than what they are right now. I also felt that I was suppose to pray for the ears of our church body. Ears to hear through the Word that would be spoken, the worship, the fellowship, and of course the Holy Spirit.


When I got home, I plowed through my bible and found 6 specific scriptures that I felt lead to use in my prayers that evening. The first one was Proverbs 20:12 "Ears to hear and eyes to see-both are a gift from the Lord." When I was meditating on this scripture, I was reminded that God gave us the ability to hear Him and to see Him. I don't think of it in the physical act of seeing something in front of you or hearing a sound, but the gift is God's guidance and leading through His voice and our obidience. Are our lives so busy, our hearts too hurt, our faith too mundane, our attitude too cynical, our self worth too low to hear and see the Lord in our lives?


He so desires us to put aside the busyness, let go of the hurt, trust his presence, forgive others and ourselves, and know we are worthy so that our hearts are ready to hear and see. When I couldn't forgive myself, I had a very difficult time reading God's Word and applying it to myself. When ever there was a "you" in the scripture, I would read "them"...I could not put myself in the middle of hearing and seeing God when I was neck deep in unforgiveness and weighed down by feeling unworthy.


Many people feel as the author of Psalm 119. In verse 82 he says, "My eyes are straining to see your promises come true. When will you comfort me?"

We may strain to see God, but he never strains to see us. He sees us everyday, with love and compassion.

So forgive, slow down, realize you are worthy.

I feel so in awe that God speaks to me. The cool part about what I heard God say on Saturday is that when I went to church on Sunday, I looked down at the program flyer and the name of the sermon for the day was "Eye on the Prize". How cool is God?!

So remember, "Ears to hear and eyes to see-both are a gift from the Lord." Open the gift. God picked it out just for you. You will love it! I promise.

In love, Teresa