I Can See Clearly Now!
Is possible that March is gone and April is nearly here? Hard to believe I celebrated another birthday. Yep… I celebrated the 21st anniversary of my 21st birthday yet I still feel like I am 15. I am convinced that feeling young is a blessing. I must admit, sometimes that 15 year old thinking gets me in trouble! Interestingly, I celebrated by getting contacts. The primary reason for this transition was to avoid the eminent bifocals that seem inevitable in the early 40’s. So, after having tried unsuccessfully in the past, I got my new contacts last week. I was so proud with how easily I adapted to them. I was able to get them in fairly easy and after a couple of days I was able to remove them without a hammer and chisel. I was so pleased (and if I am honest, a little proud of myself! Such a big boy!)
Well, I went back to the eye doctor on Monday to report how successful I had been and mastering the art of “Contacting”. When he asked me to read the letters on the wall he was shocked that I could only read the second line. (The one that has a HUGE font) He inquired as to how long this had been the case and I told him that I guessed it had been that way all week. See, I was so caught up in how well I adapted to them, I failed to notice that I could not see. I walked around for the better part of a week thinking my vision was fixed when in fact, it was worse than before. It turns out that I had mixed up the contacts and had the left contact in the right eye and the right one in the left eye. Can you imagine how clear things became when I applied them properly!
Much like contacts, God’s word must be properly applied in order to effect the desired change. I wonder how many of us are walking around feeling great about having our salvation, our relationship with Christ and His word and yet we have neglected to properly apply it in our lives. Not only do we have blurred vision but maybe those who are watching us to see what a Christian is really like are getting a blurred view as well.
It is worth mentioning, my close-up vision with contacts has been rendered nearly non-existent. So I have joined the ranks of many who have gone before me and can now be seen sporting this “old people” glasses that sit on the end of my nose!
Waiting on Him,
ML
2 Peter 1:5-9
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
