Thursday, October 4, 2012

Thursday’s Devotion: Bird’s Eye View


Luke 10:23 Then when they were alone, he turned to the disciples and said, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you have seen.  I tell you, many prophets and kings longed to see what you see, but they didn’t see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn’t hear it.”

The squirrels in my yard like to sit high in the trees and scold me for getting between them and the bird feeders on my deck. When walking the other day I saw one sitting on the very top of a telephone giving something a piece of his mind.  Yesterday I thought I spotted another one on a telephone pole but when I got near I saw that it was a large hawk, perched on top surveying the world.  He could surely see a lot from that high perch.  It would be nice if we could get up high and see things from a clear vantage point, too.  Often we can’t see the forest for the trees.  There are too many conflicting pieces of information, there’s too much to comprehend.  Christ is telling his disciples that they are blessed because he has revealed things to them that others could not see. Sometimes, all I can do in a situation is to pray to God for vision, for discernment and guidance.  I think perhaps we fail to do that enough.  What’s troubling you now?  Pray to God for a clearer vision of the circumstances.

Heavenly Father, we ask for eyes that see and ears that hear, not just things of humans, but your will, your desires and your wisdom. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Blessings,
Paige

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