‘Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in Your law.’ Ps 119:18
My friend Wanda is gradually losing her sight. She is suffering from hereditary problems and nothing can be done to save her sight. On the other hand, another friend Kitty is taken regularly to see the optician. In this way he can see any problems and take steps to correct them. We all need to do everything we can to protect our eye-sight. I’m told that sailors have good eyesight because they often look into the far distance. And we know that peering at screens too much can be detrimental to our vision.
As well as our physical eyesight, our spiritual eyesight can be damaged. King David needed to pray ‘Open my eyes that I may see.’ He knew only too well that our spiritual sight can be weakened and sightless. We can all become blind to our ‘neighbour in need’ and think they are someone else’s problem. We can become blind to our own failings and sin and imagine we are always in the right.
We need to have our eyes opened by the Holy Spirit. He will warn us when we are stepping off the straight and narrow. The devil would give us spiritual cataracts. We need to pray them away. We can turn our eyes heavenwards.