Do you have eyes that see? Not just in the natural sense, more important is seeing from a spiritual sense. Scripture talks a great deal in both the Old and New Testaments about having eyes that see. Granted… it is impossible to see everything but do you cultivate a mindset of having eyes that see? Eyes that See are not rose colored glasses seeing, the concept is considerably broader than the rose colored. Eyes that See don’t simply see what they want to see, they see what is, what can be, what should be, the implications from taking a particular action, etc. This is a much broader seeing.
What does this mean, why do we need Eyes that See? A vast array of reasons: so that we see (emotionally, physically, spiritually, etc.) what’s in front of us; so that we can know what to do with and about the understanding of what’s in front of us; so that we can avoid stumbling and falling. And those qualities only scratch the surface of our reasons to see. I suspect the obvious question would be… why would we not want to see? And yet I’m not naive enough to realize that some people choose to not see. I just can’t fathom why. Not acknowledging means that you can’t be involved with understanding or resolution but it can’t stop what is from being.
Another problem when we don’t have Eyes that See is that we get myopic. This is especially true when we only see from our own perspective, we look inward to our own needs and wants. But we can become myopic if when we look out, we only see problems. Neither gives us a ‘bigger picture’ view and we do need this to not just cope with but to overcome, to be involved and not merely a recipient of what is determined. I have never believed that ignoring what is will ‘make it go away’. Nor have I seen that denying reality changes anything.
Granted that having Eyes that See requires our responsibility and that some of what is seen isn’t very pretty or isn’t easy or comfortable for us. But Eyes that See also gives us the great pleasure of seeing things that are incredibly important: a smile on a child’s face, a sunset, the gently moving leaves on a tree responding to the wind, etc. And before you say that anyone can see those things. True. But do they? Do they allow this to touch their lives and brighten and enhance it? Eyes that See do see what is and also what can be and let it lead us to become all we can be, doing all we can do.
… will you dare to See?
