I lost my glasses on my recent flight from Dubai to SFO! You must be thinking, how could that happen! It was easy, and I did not have to work at it. It was a 15-hour flight, so I took off my glasses and put my blinders on hoping to sleep. I got out of my seat and took a walk without putting on my glasses. According to Roy Matthew (an Indian evangelist who was sitting next to me), a flight attendant came by and reached into the pocket where I had put them (wrapped in plastic) and threw them into the trash somewhere. I was up a creek without a paddle.
I was struggling without my glasses, but have you ever known someone who struggles and suffers from nearsightedness, “myopia?” Nearsightedness limits a person’s eyesight to things that are nearby. Depending on the amount of nearsightedness, one’s vision will get blurry towards the end of the nose or at some greater distance. Without a Biblical perspective we all suffer from spiritual nearsightedness.
We conclude our study of Hebrews chapters 11-13 this Sunday. The saints that we examined in Hebrews 11 did not suffer from “myopia.” They had their hopes set high and on eternity or as Heb. 13:14 says “they were seeking the city which is to come.”
How about you? You see it is much easier to stay focused on ourselves and put “I, me, and mine” first. It takes effort and humility to look beyond ourselves to the needs of those around us—both spiritual and physical. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit enables us to view things from an eternal perspective.
I have one overarching objective this Sunday and it is that we would all see with “eyes of faith” the Great Shepherd of the sheep who laid down His life sacrificially and voluntarily for our sake.
Please take time to meditate on Hebrews 13:20-25 in preparation for our worship time. I always encourage you to invite a friend and this Sunday invite someone who is “spiritually blind.” Jesus is our eye-opening Healer and Shepherd!
Fixing my eyes on Jesus,
Glen