Focus on Him

The external world without focus is full of generalities, but requires deeper insight for accurate living. With my 600 ml. lens, I have opened the world of bird closeups. Colors come alive and details of body shapes, sizes and configurations. “”Species distinguishing” has become possible. Feeding habits, beak size, migration tendencies and flying techniques come alive. More and better lenses produce even more details.

The world manifests itself visibly but also invisibly. In this invisible realm, the prayers of Paul speak in Ephesians –“The eyes of our understanding enlightened – hearts illuminated, — love seized upon, –and love possessed . In the same sense, The Psalmist prays,

“Uncover my eyes to see previously undistinguished things.” Psalm 119:18

And a prophet, Elisha, prays for a young man to see angels — he does.

2Kings 6:17  “And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.”

And In Psalm 13 David prays, ” …O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death. ” Psalm 13:3

Concentration, focus, and study comprise our approach to the Bible. Also referred to as Worship, our thought life must be clear. The writer of Psalm 119, prayed, “Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity…”

Distractions from focus occur in the Scriptures: as in 2Corinthians 3:13-14  “And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished” ” …But their minds were blinded.” “For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because . Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.  And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. 2Corinthians 3:14-18

In this case, their inability to see the end of that which is abolished, was a major distraction to them.

“Paul follows for his purpose their account, that Moses put on the veil after he had finished speaking, to hide, not the unbearable refulgence of the glory, but its waning brightness.” Preachers Homiletical.

” …only through Christ is it taken away.   Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts.   But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.”

Beloved, many are distracted today by a simple lack of “rightly dividing” the Word of God. see 2 Timothy 2:15 Other distractions include guilt in the conscience, handled in Hebrews 9:14. Cares of the world, and deceitfulness of riches choke the Word. Focus on any other thing but Christ (idolatry), will diminish the Glory that God has revealed in His Word.

These “distracted ones” remain unclear to the current glory, as in 2 Corinthians 3:18 ” And we all, with unveiled face,

beholding the glory of the Lord,

are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. “

Folks we want to see, “the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.  In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 
Ephesians 1:7 -8

In closing, The Holy Spirit, “the Spirit of truth, is come — he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and  

 ” He will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me. ” John 16:13-14

Through the guidance of the Spirit, in due time our eyes are opened.

Lastly, ” …certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying,

Sir, we would see Jesus. John 12:20-21 

Me too!

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