Open the Eyes of My Heart

I heard the song Open the Eyes of My Heart the other day on Klove it comforted my heart and immediately made me smile. I hadn’t heard it in a long time and I’d forgotten how much I like it.

As I drove I could see the Columbia River calmly flowing; it was like a mirror reflecting the Cascade Mountains off its surface. It was a hot summer day and it was easy to quickly get lost in the beauty of what I saw as it took up most of my field of vision.

As I was driving soaking in the mixture of the beauty of this song and the magnificent landscape surrounding me the truth clearly struck me; this song has nothing to do with my physical sense of vision but everything to do with the spiritual vision of who Christ is and what His purpose is for my life.

As the tenth anniversary of 9/11 has come and gone I once again had to reevaluate where my focus is. For me, as for many, 9/11 was the day my world changed from one of a child raised in the idyllic days of the 70’s to one where I am now in terror every time I board an airplane. 9/11 is for my generation what the assassination of JFK was for the generation before us.

I have been too focused on the tragedy of what happened that day and what it meant to my future instead of on the One who controls my future; much to my chagrin I have relied wholeheartedly on my physical sense of vision.

I have gotten side tracked. In order to survive this life I need to be Christ focused. If I am going to function and thrive my focus cannot be on the unrest I see on the news and in the world around me as there is no peace in that field of vision. This focus on the lack of peace is one dimensional - limited to my physical sense of vision. If I see things as Christ sees them as Him high and lifted up I see this life in its proper perspective which is in light of the life to come.

I have therefore resolved to ask to see all things ~ from current events to the actions of other people ~ through His eyes.

I have posted a link to a version of Michael W. Smith singing this song and at the beginning he says “We want to see things for the way they really are.”