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Thursday, July 26
Ackk! My glasses are dirty again!
I reach for my specially-treated, purple cloth and wipe off
the yuck. How does that stuff get there? Always amazes me that it just appears.
Usually, I don’t notice that my glasses are dirty, and I
don’t realize I’m squinting. Sometimes, I get a headache. The change is so
subtle that it’s overlooked. After removing the film and spots from my glasses,
my eyes relax and I can see better.
As Trapper John said to Radar on M.A.S.H, “Clean your
glasses and you’ll know where you are!”
Aren’t we like this spiritually? I know I am. Looking through
spiritual lenses, I don’t realize the build up of smudges, spots, and blemishes
caused by the things I say, do, see, hear, etc. Things get blurry. And get
worse. It’s like gradually drawing down a blackout shade. So imperceptible that
it isn’t detected. Until it is pitch black and I don’t know where I am!
I tolerate those tiny, subtle spots and unconsciously overlook
them. I end up with a squinting spirit and instead of a headache, I develop a
heartache. And the disconnect from the Lord slowly takes place.
Jesus died for those spots and blemishes in the lives of His
Church Bride, “He gave up His life for her to make her holy and clean, washed
by the cleansing of God’s word. He did this to present her to Himself as a
glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she
will be holy and without fault.” (Eph. 5:25b-28 NLT)
I need to ask the Lord to search me, to bring those things to
my attention of which I may be unaware or have ignored. Praying David’s prayer
would be a good start, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know
my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends You, and lead me
along the path of everlasting life.” (Ps. 139:23-24 NLT)
Have you been seeing clearly lately? If not, clean your spiritual
lenses and you’ll know where you are!
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