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To See What You Can See. Series
Contributed by Colin Mcgeer on May 1, 2023 (message contributor)
Summary: To see for me is the most important sense of the five senses. The physical realm without the spiritual is meaningless. We need a revelation of who Christ is. We need our spiritual eyes to be opened by the Holy Spirit.
I think if I had to choose the most important sense amongst the 5 senses, I would choose sight. I love colour and unique objects in the environment. I am always looking to see something new or different. With our eyes we can discern so much about people. We can see what they are feeling, if they are happy, angry or depressed. You can see love and joy in people’s eyes. I think eyes are what attract us to each other. We read and we discover so much with our sight. I am extremely thankful for my ability to see. I was once involved in smuggling bibles into a certain country. We prayed make seeing eyes blind. I when our team went through customs not one bible was seen in our luggage.
My father had a silly little rhyme he would tell from time to time.
A beggar arrived at a woman’s door and asked for money.
She responded.
Do you see that wood pile?
I want you to saw it.
He said,
Lady, you saw me see it.
You aren’t going to see me saw it.
There are non-so blind as those who do not want to see.
I am going to read a passage where seeing into the spirit realm changed a servant’s perspective and seeing eyes were blinded and gave the Prophet Elisha a great victory.
2 Kings 6:11-22 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, “Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?” 12 And one of his servants said, “None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.” 13 So he said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.” And it was told him, saying, “Surely he is in Dothan.”
14 Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. 15 And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”
16 So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, “Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
18 So when the Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, and said, “Strike this people, I pray, with blindness.” And He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
19 Now Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, nor is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” But he led them to Samaria. 20 So it was, when they had come to Samaria, that Elisha said, “Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.” And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and there they were, inside Samaria!
21 Now when the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
22 But he answered, “You shall not kill them. Would you kill those whom you have taken captive with your sword and your bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.”
23 Then he prepared a great feast for them; and after they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syrian raiders came no more into the land of Israel.
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 These are the words from the Teacher, a son of David and king of Jerusalem. 2 Everything is so meaningless. The Teacher says that it is all a waste of time! 3 Do people really gain anything from all the hard work they do in this life? 4 People live and people die, but the earth continues forever. 5 The sun rises and the sun goes down, and then it hurries to rise again in the same place.
The Old Testament without the New Testament is meaningless. The Old is Physical and is pointing to the Spiritual in The New Testament. The old has no substance it is but a shadow of the new.
Hebrews 10:1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.
