Unshackled Moments ~ July 22 ~ Glasses

I lost my glasses yesterday. I have a pair for distance, which I am attempting to use to see well enough to type this, but the no line transition bifocals that allow me to see clearly both close up and distance are gone. One day I will get a new body to go with the new heaven and new earth and won't need glasses anymore, but until then I can't see wll enough to read or do much of anything without some help. 

It occurred to me this morning that we are a lot like my eyes that are wearing out. Due to a separation from our Creator we can't see quite right. We get used to it. We squint and try to figure things out, and we guess at what is floating in front of us, hoping we get more right than wrong. We may have enough problems to know something is wrong with our vision or we may even think we see fine, as we are supposed to. There's a reason why Jesus described men following men rather than God as the blind leading the blind. 

Then one day we discover grace and find a relationship with God, and it's like putting on glasses with the perfect prescription for the  first time. The Spirit actually dwells within us and makes it possible for us to see rightly. We can function as we were created to by the power and grace of the Spirit. But because of our flesh our view through the glasses is still impaired to varying degrees. As Paul put it, we see through a glass darkly. The more of our self will we keep alive the worse we see. It's like smudges on our glasses. The more we surrender to God's will for us and crucify self with Christ the less interference, the fewer smudges there are. We see better. We can see the truth. 

Today I will try to use the power of grace available to me to keep my glasses clean by keeping my self will out of His way. The Spirit is the perfect prescription to see clearly, and I do not want to struggle with the blur. And I will look forward with eager anticipation when my eyes are fully opened to see Him and know Him without any barriers.