Asking the Lord for insight into this, I feel led to pray... Lord, unblock and release us from the things that keep us from seeing Truth. Help me to see You, myself, and others truly. Help us to see rightly, Father! Open our eyes.
I can see right now. But, my vision is just slightly impaired by the swelling. The pain makes me want to close my eyes and stop looking. And, these ducts have been 'getting' blocked for weeks now---without my awareness and detection. My eyes were affected and "off" kilter before I even knew it.
How else, Lord, am I seeing impaired?
These prayers have prompted deep conviction in my own life. I know there are ways I see the Lord... ways I see the world... ways I see myself and ...ways I see others... ways I see wrongly and off-kilter. The eyes of my heart and my mind are blocked in some significant ways--as is true of us all. I need His purification and release. I need God's truth. I need Him to touch and heal those deep parts of me which are affecting my seeing---my heart-sight.
Scripture tells us to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus. The Word reminds us that fixed minds and hearts stayed on Him are at peace. When our hearts are steadfast on His Spirit and when we look at things that are of His Spirit, we will keep in step with the Spirit. When we see rightly, we can walk rightly. When we are facing or looking in the right direction, we will walk in the right direction. Right? Obviously!
So, today, I choose to settle into the reality of my blocked ducts. I will use it as a prayer trigger until the Lord sees fit to take it away. I pray for myself first... and then for those I love.... and then beyond. That the eyes of our hearts would be given light and wisdom to understand more Truth about who God is and who we are in His love (Ephesians 1:17-19) Would you join me in praying this, too?
Lord, let us see rightly!