Everyday our prayer should be "Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law." (Psalms 119:18, NIV).
Our focus can become so narrowed by what we do or where we live. Over time, most Christians have adapted a survival mind set. As long as they are healthy, able to work and are well fed; there's little to ask the Lord, except to be rescued from an occasional crisis.
Psalms 73 gives an example how some of us view those around us.
The wicked prosper while we are in lack (verse 3). Strength abounds and the fear of death seems to have no hold on them (verse 4). We like Paul are plagued by fears within and without. And it seems they avoid trouble even when they are the cause of it.
Then the perspective dramatically changes in verse 17.
Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked (NLT).
There's something that happens when we stand in the presence of God in the congregation of the righteous. We see things differently though many saints have differences in spiritual age and understanding.
Corporately, we see clearly heaven and hell - there's a place beyond this limited life. We understand there's a day of reckoning when we will give an account of what we did in this body. And we see clearly the end of those who persistently refuse the gospel of salvation.
When God opens our eyes we don't want anything the world offers. It may appear to be shiny and attractive but like pyrite (fool's gold) it has no value but only a destructive end.
And for some of us so blinded by worldly things and unbelief, perhaps the Lord may have to rub some supernatural soil in our eyes to bring about a miraculous healing (John 9:6). Rinse and you will see!
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