Eyes That Now See!
"I pray that the eyes of your
understanding may be enlightened."
Ephesians 1: 18
When Jesus’ disciples asked Him why He spoke
to all people in parables, He quoted Isaiah 6:9-10
as explanation. Centuries before Jesus’ ministry,
God levied judgment upon Israel for her sins and
failure to repent. They would be able to see and
hear physically but not spiritually.
They would hear but
not “understand” and see
but not “perceive” spiritual truth. Jesus spoke in
parables to separate the spiritually hungry who
were seeking to understand His parables from
those who were not spiritually curious.
When
Paul wrote to the Ephesians, he wrote to
people who needed their spiritual eyes opened
by the power of the Spirit. After the coming of
Spirit at Pentecost, it was possible to gain new
insight and understanding to the things of God.
What was
previously unknown and not understood
was made clear through the Spirit’s enlightenment.
Paul prayed that spiritual eyes of the Ephesians
would be opened to know God better.
Spiritual enlightenment is not flipping a switch,
a one-time event.
Ask the Holy Spirit to show
you more and more of God daily and what
He has provided in Christ.
"Repentance is the tear
in the eye of faith."
Dwight L.
Moody
