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How is Your Heart Vision?
by Joan Vetter
At first I just attributed it to an overactive imagination. I had closed my eyes to pray on Capitol Hill, along with 2000 other women from Aglow, when I "saw" a person in a t-shirt with a big pair of glasses across their chest. Then this image dogged my mind - it would pop back in at will. Finally I realized God just might be involved in this when I heard the words we were singing…."open the eyes of my heart, Lord - I want to see you." Also, the scripture in Ephesians 1: 17 speaks of our understanding having eyes - "the eyes of your understanding being enlightened".
When someone has lost their physical sight, we can describe a scene such as a log cabin in the woods by saying it is surrounded by pine trees, the cabin has a long porch with rocking chairs, and there is smoke pouring out the chimney. Thus a picture is formed in their mind. That is where the term "mind's eye" comes from.
However if someone was born blind and we described the cabin they would not have a template to bring the description alive.
That is the same in our Christian faith. We first must have our eyes opened to know that Jesus Christ is who He claims to be, and from then on we grow increasingly aware of the picture scripture paints of Him. And it is through our spirit the revelation will come.
In 2 Corinthians 4:16-19 (Message Bible) we are encouraged with these words: "So we're not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There's far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever."
Have you ever been talking to someone and suddenly a light went on, and you felt like they understood what you were trying to say. They might have said, "yes, I see". Well, obviously there wasn't anything in front of their eyes that caused them to "see". It was in their heart and mind. That's what it means when the Bible says "with the heart man believes unto righteousness". The eyes of our heart are opened to see God.
How is your heart vision? Is it 20-20, or does it need some correction?
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