Spiritual: Sight

Spiritual: Sight No Glass Between
The story is told of a little boy whose family was very poor. He never complained because he had no toys and received no gifts at Christmas time; but he wished for them. He spent his spare time looking in the store windows at the pretty things other little boys could have but that he could not.
One day he was run down by a car and taken to the hospital. When he started to feel better, one of the nurses bought him a toy. As he touched it he said, "There is not any glass between."
Some day we shall see Christ our Savior face to face, with no "glass" between. Have Your Eyes Been Opened?
The Second Book of Kings and the sixth chapter tells us of an interesting event. Elisha, the prophet of God, was given knowledge of the planned activities of the Syrian King to destroy Israel. Elisha warned Israel, which angered the Syrian King, who then sought to kill Elisha. The servant of Elisha awoke one morning, looked out and saw the Syrian army surrounding the city. He became very frightened. But Elisha was not afraid because he could see the Lord's protection.
Then, in verse 17, Elisha prayed that the Lord would open the eyes of the servant that he, too, would see what Elisha saw. In this prayer, Elisha was not referring to physical sight. The servant had that, for he could see the army, but he had no spiritual sight to see the Lord's protection.
Now there are many people who have perfect vision in the natural eyes, but they are blind spiritually, just as this young servant of Elisha.
Only the Lord can give men spiritual eyes to see their lost and ruined condition. Only the Lord can show men the holy wrath of God against their sin. Only the Lord can reveal the glory of a beaten, scourged, and crucified Christ. Only the Lord can give men a revelation of the exalted, risen, Christ, ruling the universe and providing for, protecting, and caring for His redeemed. Without this revelation, no man will come to Christ in saving faith.
Have your eyes been opened to see the glorious person and work of the blessed Son of God? The young servant of Elisha could not see the mountains full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha until the Lord opened his eyes. Neither can the sinner see the glory of Christ until the Lord opens his blind eyes.
"Lord, I pray Thee, open their eyes, that they may see."

John Milton's Example
John Milton (1608-1674) became totally blind at the age of 43, but he did not give up. During his childhood and early years he absorbed a vast knowledge and remembrance of the Scriptures. To this he added mastery of the Latin and Greek classics which he studied in their original languages. At the age of 47, while immersed in total darkness, he began writing his monumental epic, Paradise Lost, which he completed in 10 years, and which to this day is generally regarded as the most sublime and the greatest non-dramatic poem in the English language. As a writer, he ranks second only to Shakespeare.
The Holy Scriptures lifted him out of his perpetual darkness and thereby God "amply furnished my mind and conscience with eyes," as he stated to his friend, Philara, in Athens. He exulted in the Lord; his spirit was alive with unction from above: "While God so tenderly provides for me," he said, "while He so graciously leads me by the hand and conducts me on the way, I will, since it is His pleasure, rather rejoice than repine at being blind."