Revelation, Inspiration & Illumination Series

Therefore we must guard ourselves against lowering the standard of God’s Word to our level of understanding or political correctness. And we must guard ourselves against raising the standards of human philosophy and human traditions above the standard of His Word. The Bible is not meant to be paraded past the judgment bar of human mind. Bible says “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.”(Colossians 2:8) Wesley rightly prayed “Enlighten my mind by the light of thy Holy Spirit, and dispel all ignorance and error.”

God says “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge ;”( Hosea 4:6) Bible also state “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18). Sight is a function of the eyes (physical). Vision is a function of the Heart (spiritual). Eyes restrict you with present (temporary), but vision releases you to the future (eternal). Vision makes the unseen visible and the unknown possible. Vision is the Source of hope and purpose of life. If we have a scratch on our glasses it may seem like everybody around us has scratches too, but the problem actually lies with us because our vision is impaired. If our heart becomes bitter, jealous, hurt or in some way infected, the lens of our heart is distorted. Vision is the lens that interprets the events of our life, the way we view people and our concept of God and his word. Therefore vision consists of foresight, insight and oversight that come from God’s sight. Thi is why Apostle Paul said “For we live by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7) King David was physically not blind but he is praying to God for his eyes to be open. Therefore, the eyes referred to here are Spiritual eyes, something similar in verse 105: “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

We need God’s word to shine into our hearts. Helen Keller, probably the most recognized blind person who has ever lived, once said, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” Like the writer of that great hymn, “Amazing Grace,” the believer is aware that “I once was blind, but now I see….if we do not see and understand the beauty of God’s word, then we will not appreciate the word of God. If we do not appreciate the virtues of the Word of God, then we will have no desire to assimilate and be appropriate the Word. So how do we make Bible come alive and active in our daily life? To Make Bible come alive and active in our daily life, we must appreciate the Virtues of the Bible and assimilate the Vitality and appropriate Values of God’s word. We must pray over it, ponder it, Preserve it, Practice it and proclaim it. Apostle Paul prayed that the eyes of our heart would be enlightened. (Ephesians 1:18) so our prayer needs to be that of the Psalmist “Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law.”

God Bless you