The Eyes Have It

Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
2nd Corinthians 4:4 NLT

All of us - at one time or another - have been blinded by the sun or a camera flash or have gotten something in our eyes that temporarily caused us to not be able to see. Soap or conditioner or suntan oil - something that made it so our eyes were not able to focus or clearly see what was in front of our face. Something that should NOT be there.

We know it. There are warnings all over the containers - "Do not use near eyes" - and then they print what to do if we DO get it in our eyes. Why? For the reason that they know many of us will not use the necessary precaution, or we will become complacent and forget to use caution because we've done it hundreds of times before. The remedy is nearly always the same: "wash thoroughly with water; see a physician" or "cover eyes and seek proper attention."

Satan's tricks are just like that. Either he'll appear as an angel of light (2nd Corinthians 11:14) trying to dazzle us with things that appeal to our worldly desires or the oil from his snake oil sales routine as he tries to sell us a false bill of goods will splash onto us and get in our eyes. Either way, we can be temporarily blinded. Why? Because we have ignored the warnings, or we have become complacent about using the proper precaution. 

However, the remedy is nearly always the same - wash thoroughly with water - the water of the Word - (Psalm 51:2) and see the Great Physician. Or cover our eyes - stop looking at the world and what it has to offer - and seek proper attention (Isaiah 17:7-8). And when we do, God causes us to see clearly allowing us to recognize the wiles of the enemy for exactly what they are... We must look to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2a).

Prayer:

Father,
           Thank You for washing our eyes so we can see...even if You have to use tears to do it. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen