April 11: Lord Open My Eyes

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it."  (Genesis 28:16)


Helen Keller, the late American author, activist, lecturer and the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, once said, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”  Vision is the ability to see the invisible. It is the ability to be aware of unseen possibilities when they are not obvious to the physical eyes. 

The story is told about how Michelangelo carved, David, one of the most famous statues of all time. He was offered an abandoned block which which he worked on for a long time, chipping away the edges until the statue was made. He said, "In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it." In other words, he had the ability to see possibilities in things that most people see differently. This is vision. 

"Lord open my eyes" is a prayer every believer should pray.  You should pray it everyday. Right now there are many things around you that are connected to the fulfillment of your purpose that your physical eyes do not perceive.  There are people in your life now who hold the keys or answers to something you've been searching for, or are connected to someone with the answer. There are places you visit now that if God would open your eyes, you would see their significance to your destiny. Every thing you need is around you now waiting for your recognition. The provisions of God are around you, they only need to be seen. Until you are able to see them, they remain in the dark and are of no benefit to you even though they are there for you. 

A story in the life of Elisha illustrates this point. "When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. "Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?" the servant asked. "Don't be afraid," the prophet answered. "Those who are with us are more than those who are with them." And Elisha prayed, "Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see." Then the Lord opened the servant's eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha."( 2 Kings 6:15-17).

When Elisha first told the servant that those that were with them were more than those with the opposition, the servant most have been confused, seeing they were only two, but Elisha was looking into another realm. He was counting resources in the invisible spirit realm. God eventually opened the servant's eyes and he too could see the source of Elisha's confidence.

There is more for you too than what is against you. You have a lot of help, provisions and blessings that are yours in the invisible realm. All that needs to happen is for you to start seeing them. The way to step into that level of seeing is to pray. Pray regularly for God to open your spiritual eyes. Ask Him to give you perception and discernment. Ask Him to show you what is yours and what you are missing. He promised in Jeremiah 33:3,  "Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand). (AMP).

Start praying like that from now on and you will be amazed at the great revelations you will begin to see in His word, with the unveiling of the things He's placed around you that you do not recognize now. You will also begin to say like Jacob, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it."

Decision of the Day

"Lord open my eyes so that I can see all that are mine that I do not see now. Enlighten the eyes of my heart. Give me clearer vision to see you and to look beyond what the natural eyes can see " This will be my prayer from now on. 

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