Who’s Eyes Are You Looking Through?
By Sherri L. Thomas
Growing up in my church, the children always sang a song which I called the “Do You See What I See?” song at some point during our afternoon Christmas program. I don’t think I’ve ever known the title, but the song contained the verse, “Do you see what I see? Way up in the sky little lamb?” Then it would go, “Do you hear what I hear?” Then the following verse was, “Do you know what I know?” And so forth.
Well, a few months ago, I was humming the song and I’m not sure during which chorus it was that the Lord asked me… “Do You?” I said, “Do I what?” The Lord asked “Do you see what I see?” I thought about it for a moment and realized I wasn’t sure. The Lord then asked, “Do you see how I see you?” Then I knew I really didn’t know.
According to Webster’s Dictionary the word see means to perceive with the eye; to understand or comprehend; to believe possible or imagine; to be characterized by or bring forth. So what God was asking me was, do I see the potential that He placed in me before the creation of the world? Do I understand that what happens in the course of my life — how I look physically or what I have done in the past, present or future — has nothing to do with the call He has destined for my life? Most importantly, do I have the ability to trust in Him and to envision and accept the wonderful things that He has planned just for me? In Jeremiah 29:11 God says, “I know the plans I have for you. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” God also says in Isaiah 55:8-9, “My thoughts are not your thoughts and my ways are not your ways. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” God has such higher dreams and desires for us than we plan for ourselves.
Perception can be extremely dangerous if not used in the proper way. It can be dangerous to you if you don’t open your spiritual eyes that God has given through the Holy Spirit and if you only rely on what you see naturally. By looking at things and/or situations in the spirit, we are able to not only see how God sees it, but we are also able to see the deception and lies of the enemy as well. John 10:10 states, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” Nothing pleases Satan more than to watch God’s children live in ignorance to how God originally intends for us to live. One of God’s intents for our lives is for us to realize who we are in Him and the freedom we received when Jesus substituted His life on the cross for ours. There are many of us, and I say us to include myself, who struggle at times with who we are in Jesus and who we look at every morning in the mirror. God has a purpose and a plan for every last one of us. He’s not looking at our physical appearance, our age, nor our capabilities. He’s looking at our heart. You may say to yourself, “I’ve messed up so many times!” God says “all have sinned and fallen short of my glory” (Romans 3:23). You may say, “I’m too young to make any real difference for God or the Kingdom!” God says “Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you teach, in the way you live, in your love, your faith and your purity” (I Timothy 4:12). You may even go as far as saying, “I don’t have any real talents or gifts.” God’s word says, “And now, dear brothers and sisters, I will write about the special abilities the Holy Spirit gives to each of us…. A spiritual gift is given to each of us as a means of helping the entire church” (I Corinthians 12:1, 7).
God so wants us, His children that He loves so dearly, to be free and not bound by what we are looking at with our natural eyes. My favorite definition of seeing is to believe possible or imagine . Reader, I challenge you today to believe possible whatever it is God has shown you, is about to show you, or has even said. Would you dare ask the Holy Spirit to come fill you and reveal to you the heart and plans of God? God said in Genesis, “Let us make man in our own image to be like ourselves…. So God created people in His own image; God patterned them after himself…. ” (Genesis 1:26-27). God wants you to know that He sees everything in you — all the good and all the bad — and He loves you just the same.
When you look in the mirror in the morning and your hair is all messed up, teeth haven’t been brushed, and the “crumbs” are in the corner of your eyes, know that God is seeing you as the prince or princess He has created you to be. Never think less of yourself, never speak against yourself, and never think that because of a circumstance or many circumstances you are not pleasing to God. God created you with purpose and for purpose. If you will allow the Holy Spirit to transform your mind, you then will start seeing you for who you really are: God’s Beloved, with whom He is well pleased.
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