Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so i can see
Everything i keep missing, give me your love for humanityGive me your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see.
- Brandon Heath
Why is it such a constant struggle to see things with God’s eyes instead of our own? Why is it that a dozen times in a day I look at people with my own eyes, in terms of my own frustrations with them, instead of through God’s eyes as hurting, broken sinners? Why is that so hard to do? And will it ever become more natural? Jesus told Peter to forgive his brother 70×7… but it wasn’t for Peter’s brother, it was for Peter. It was Jesus saying: look again. Look a different way. See through my eyes. Judge by my standards. Not yours. Quit trying to approach the world on your terms and start approaching it my way. So when will I ever start doing that, instead of keeping on trying to do it my way and failing? When will I ever start seeing things through Jesus’ eyes?
Great questions, Jennifer. If even a few of us start getting it right on a regular basis, the world will never be the same. I think that is a fantastic request to make of God, and also a scary one, given the possible (nay, probable) results (He might give us what we ask for).
Lloyd,
That’s always the scary thing about God… he has the funniest way of giving us exactly what we asked for in ways we didn’t quite really expect. And that’s the thing… inasmuch as we start “getting it” it changes the world, and missing it means missing those opportunities. And what frustrates me is my seemingly endless ability to get it one minute… then turn right around and miss it completely in the next. And I have to wonder: how different would my life, and the lives around me, be if I could get out of my own way and see things with God’s eyes for one day?
This is good, I just wrote a blog on this myself! I think God is stirring the hearts of His people to see that this world is hurting and in need of love, hope and realness! Thanks:) Good blog!