I Can See Clearly Now
As I was teaching a lesson one day, I was having students
go to the chalkboard and write. I noticed that for some
students, writing on a chalkboard is something that takes
a little practice. It is just not quite the same as
writing with paper and pencil. I had felt that I was
patient with my students, for the most part, until I
noticed that the consistent problem that they all seemed
to have was the inability to press hard enough with the
chalk. When I got disgusted and pointed this out, and
asked, “How hard is it to press a little harder with the
chalk?” they all looked at me with confusion and stated
that they saw no problem with how people were writing on
the board. They then told me I needed to get my eyes
checked. So I did. I found out that I needed glasses.
When we think that the way that we see things is the way
the rest of the world sees things we get in trouble…and
many times stop listening. Mark 10:22ff says, “Then he
(Jesus) turned to his disciples and said
privately, ‘Blessed are the eyes that see what you see’.”
The disciples saw Christ. Christ revealed himself to them
in the flesh. Today, Christ reveals himself to us in the
Bible. Those who think they know Christ, but really do
not know the Bible very well at all, are not seeing the
chalkboard clearly, and may be missing some critical
information! Our life as Christians is a constant process
of bringing into focus the things of God rather than the
things of men. Through the study of God’s Word, He
reveals himself to us so that we might see more clearly.
We continue to correct our vision and refocus until that
day when Christ comes again in all His glory and restores
to us perfect vision.
William Hiskey
Updated: 1/22/2003
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