Eye Hath Not Seen

Eyes to See, Ears to Hear

When I was a child, I loved to dance in the rain. Compelled to drag others with me who would otherwise stay warm and dry, protected from the dark and wet. For some reason, I was drawn to enjoy it and felt a certain solace in the whole experience. Still do even now.

Today, I invite you to be watching, sensing in the Holy Spirit for that fear, nervousness, and concern that pops up in the faces of others through random chat and impromptu encounters. The struggle to stay confidently focused on God's Truth is real, and a battle that many are losing right before our eyes. Dare to not only enjoy this storm, but encourage others to dance in it with you.

Like weapons of warfare gathered in a video game, and the idiom "feather in your cap", let the things you have learned in Christ anchor you and those around you in the unexpected storms brewing just ahead. Be brave and share openly what God has done for you with those who need Hope. Ask God to give you eyes to see and ears to hear as He leads you into that place of confident calm that others will notice and be drawn to.

Learn to focus on the spiritual and not only on the flesh. Both are important, but the spiritual will lead you to see the Truth from God's Spirit. When the storm attempts to distract you by pounding away at your vision, you will clearly see it is merely that, just a distraction. Read how the disciple Peter was drawn to walk on water by Jesus in the midst of the storm. Matthew 14:22-33

You have been given eyes to see things others can not. Look to the Parable of the Soils for the sight that is yours but obscured to those who close their eyes to it.

"This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive. For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it." Matthew 13:13-17

Jesus said prophets and righteous people did not see and did not hear. Let this be your call to action and willingly open your eyes and ears to hear what the Spirit says.

"But, as it is written, What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him ~ these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ." 1 Corinthians 2:9-16

Do you see the Spirit dancing and hear the Spirits' cry? Stop, Look, and Listen! Then drag others with you!

On a journey of Healing and Hope with you,

Terri Lynne