My eyelids droop. Probably from years of removing eye makeup the wrong way! I don’t usually notice they are drooping until I have been looking at my computer screen or reading on my Kindle for a long time without a break. Then suddenly, I’ll sense that my eyes are nearly closed, demanding that I look away and consciously raise them.
One of my recent daily verses came from Psalm 119:18: “Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions.” [NLT]
The verse made me stop and think – which I assume is the intention of daily verses. It reminded me that just as my natural eyelids gradually droop until I am barely seeing … so my “spiritual eyelids” do the same.
I get distracted. My focus shifts. I become complacent (or arrogant). I start concentrating on the things around me. Difficulties, illness, aging, finances threaten my peace.
Thankfully, the Holy Spirit will give me a great big nudge and I’ll realize that my “spiritual eyelids” have drooped once more and almost blinded me to the “wonderful truths” that are mine in God.
His great big nudge will remind me to repent and re-focus… to open my eyes to God’s Faith, Grace, Love, Mercy, Peace, Strength, Courage. And when I respond to Him, all that God is to me and in me becomes clear once again. Amen
