This last week, I needed an injection in my eye. They numbed it well, so I didn’t feel a thing. They used an Eye Speculum to keep my eye open so I wouldn’t shut the eyelid. I instantly thought of the scripture in Matthew 13: “So they show that what Isaiah said about them is true: ‘You people will listen and listen, but you will not understand. You will look and look, but you will not really see. Yes, the minds of these people are now closed.” Numerous times in the Old Testament, the prophets would say they have eyes, but they don’t see. The week before Easter, it was brought to my attention how so many people have pain, either physical or emotional pain, and I walk past them because I don’t see them. We are so absorbed in our own lives. I’ve heard the comment, “Well, that’s what they get!” It makes my heart heavy. How long will we not see?
When I was learning to write, the instruction always included the who, what, where, and when, but we seldom wrote why. The why of things is more important than the what of things. The why of our lives is the reason we are who we are. The what of things is what we do because of the why. The what of things brings judgement and punishment. Understanding the why of things can bring healing, restoration, and redemption!
What does Jesus want me to see? How do I get Jesus’s eyes? When will my heart act on what my eyes see? This Easter, it was my prayer to act, to see. Hold my eyes open, Lord, let me see what you want me to see. Break my heart with the pain of others. Let me live my life in the spiritual world, not in my own world!
