Is one of the most significant moments of your day spent “seeing” God’s goodness in your life? If not, it should be. His goodness is His grace, and His grace changes your perspective from the temporary to the eternal.
“While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:18).
Paul stated that we are exploring things beyond our sight. If we can’t see these things, how can we examine them? Paul was not referring to sight with our physical eyes but to seeing through faith.
We have both natural and spiritual eyes. Many individuals operate primarily in the natural realm, facing life’s challenges with doubt, anxiety, and a focus on possible difficulties or failures. Yet, as a born-again believer, you are not limited to this perspective. You have the Spirit of God, empowering you to perceive His blessings.
“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God” (1 Corinthians 2:12).
In the previous verse, 1 Corinthians 2:11, Paul explained that the Holy Spirit is the only one who knows the deep things of God. In 1 Corinthians 2:12, he indicates that because we have received the Holy Spirit, we have free access to God’s wisdom (James 1:5). The Holy Spirit reveals what God has given us. He is a willing teacher who desires to provide us with a revelation of Jesus even more than we want it (John 14:26, 15:26, 16:13). However, to receive this revelation, we must intentionally be still and listen to what the Holy Spirit has to say (Psalms 46:10).
The Lord Jesus is our greatest example of seeing with spiritual eyes. He only ministered what He saw the Father do.
“Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner’” (John 5:19).
Can you “see” what the Holy Spirit is doing, just as Jesus saw what the Father was doing? “Blessed are your eyes,” Jesus says, “for they see what many men desired to see but could not see” (paraphrase of Matthew 13:16-17). The Father has given you this ability, but spiritual vision requires time, attention, and focus. Many Christians are so preoccupied with navigating the natural world using their innate skills that they fail to seek the spiritual revelations the Spirit wishes to instill in them.
What is God’s will for your health? Can you see it? What is His will for your marriage? Do you see it in your heart? What about the direction of your life, your relationship with your children, your job, and finances? Can you perceive His vision? Instead of concentrating on what you frustratingly don’t have, why not choose to recognize the blessings and provisions of God in your heart?
Paul expressed it this way: “Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things” (Philippians 4:8).
Are you “seeing” with spiritual eyes the things that are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, and of good report? You will receive no more in your life than you perceive in the spiritual. Reflecting on praiseworthy things helps you recognize God blesses your life and enables you to share those blessings with others. Each day, contemplate God’s goodness and the blessings He has sown in you.
“And of His fullness, we have all received, and grace for grace” (John 1:16).
When you “see” the blessings of God’s grace, you have no doubt. You ask in faith, and He freely gives (James 1:5-6). Nurture His blessings in your heart, and they will blossom and reproduce in your life.
It is as if the dew of Hermon
were falling on Mount Zion.
For there the Lord bestows his blessing,
even life forevermore.
—Psalm 133:3 (NIV)
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