"A New Perspective
'My advice to you is to buy pure gold from Me, gold purified by fire - only then will you truly be rich. And to purchase from Me white garments, clean and pure, so you won't be naked and ashamed; and to get medicine from Me to heal your eyes and give you back your sight' Revelation 3:18 (Living Bible).
I guess I'm getting old. I have prided myself on my eyesight. I can see like a hawk. I can read road signs before Joyce can even see the sign. I can count whiskers on a cat at 100 paces. Well, that's the way I used to be. Then one day I found myself struggling to read my Bible. Joyce said, 'Don't take it personally. You're getting old, and most people who have lived as many decades as you tend to become nearsighted.'
People who are nearsighted wear corrective lenses which compensate for the distortion they have: astigmatism. It's common in our culture, but it is easily corrected. See your friendly neighborhood opthamologist, have a simple eye test, frame fitting, a week of waiting, a refitting and adjustment, and a slightly painful financial transaction, and normal vision is restored.
While being myopic is somewhat common, let me suggest another kind of nearsightedness that is not so easily remedied. It results from an inner distortion. It's called spiritual myopia. Most believers are susceptible to it. It's a deceptive disease, and comes on rather subtly, for we like to think that we have a clear grasp of what happens around us, both near and far. But we generally only see whats close in, what seems to affect us and concern us most. The rest is blurred and obscure. We talk a lot around here about touching our world, shaping our world, changing our world. I'm prayerful we will gain a clear insight into the great needs of our world.
The Lord is calling us to enlarge our hearts, enlarge our vision, and broaden the orbit of our vision to include a larger picture. There is a new perspective I'd like to suggest. Here are several things to look at:
(1) See that we are in a new era, not expecting one.
(2) Let the Holy Spirit keep your vision clear.
(3) Allow for ongoing deliverance in your life.
(4) Hold fast to the basics: a) heart-felt praise; b) childlike worship; c) steadfast prayer; d) confession and repentance; e) observe appointed fasts; f) hunger for His word; g) keep filled with His Spirit;
(5) Love one another;
(6) Develop a passion for lost souls.
Seeing more clearly,
Ron Mehl"