The 10 plagues. The Red Sea crossing. Manna from the sky. Even after all these miracles some Israelites were still hard-pressed that God was God. Hmm!
When you visit the eye doctor for an exam the standard is 20/20 vision. Anything other than this normally requires glasses/contacts. However, even with 20/20 vision we can often miss or misinterpret what's right before our eyes. Jesus walked/talked among the people daily and yet the religious rulers and teachers didn't recognize Him as the Messiah they all sought. They had made up in their minds what the Messiah should look like and how he should act and Jesus didn't fit the bill. Like them, God often places the truth right before us and we fail to see it or accept it. Many a life has been shipwrecked because that individual thought they were the exception to the rule. I guess the question we must all ask ourselves is "am I not really seeing the truth?" or "am I like them of old and denying the truth I see?" Neither position is tenable, for the freedom and peace we seek is only in the truth set right before our eyes - JESUS!
Until tomorrow...
Pastor Botts
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light." - Matthew 6:22
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