Who Am I? Know Self. Know Christ.Sýnishorn

Keep in mind, because we all are sinners, even our pursuit of God can be self-focused. We are bent towards thinking too much of self. We need our vision corrected. No one can have an accurate assessment of themselves, of life, or of God apart from the Spirit of God and His Word. Our sight is hindered by our human limitations and sin.

In the fourth grade, I began to notice the words on the blackboard were out of focus. Street signs were blurry and difficult to read. I told my mother what was happening, and she took me to the ophthalmologist for an eye exam. After the battery of tests during my eye exam, the doctor told me that my eyes were healthy but that I was nearsighted. He wrote me a prescription for a pair of glasses and explained that I could choose the frame style. I was very excited, not because I would be able to see clearly again, but because I thought it would be so cool to get glasses. And, in order to see clearly and be beautiful, I needed light blue, pearlescent, cat-eye frames, to be exact. Once I put them on, I felt so stylish, and everything was in sharp focus.

Our Lord is the great physician and His Word is our prescription. He is the ultimate ophthalmologist! As we read, study, and meditate upon God’s Word, taking it to heart in faith as the true, inerrant Word of God, He corrects our vision. We are better able to see God and see ourselves through God’s lens.

Unfortunately, unlike normal vision, we often do not see the condition of our spiritual vision. Our spiritual eyesight can be very blurry or out of focus, but we have become so accustomed to it that we do not notice.