"BLESSED ARE YOUR EYES!"

Matthew 13:16-17                           (ESV)

"16 But "BLESSED ARE YOUR EYES", for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

17 For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it."

It is very seldom that I write about verses that are back to back in scripture, but I am led to do just that today.  We tend to think that HEARING and SEEING from GOD is something we develop as we mature Spiritually.  However, JESUS told HIS disciples in the above scriptures that "BLESSED ARE YOUR EYES" and YOUR EARS, for they SEE and HEAR!  HE then proceeds to tell them something that "many prophets and righteous people" have desired to SEE and HEAR what HIS disciples had SEEN and HEARD, but "did not" SEE or HEAR it.  

Romans 11:33-36 says that ALL WISDOM and KNOWLEDGE come from GOD!  Knowing that what GOD allows you to SEE and HEAR might not be "given" to some of  the "prophets and righteous people" around you should make you realize how blessed you are.  When the CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES reveals a TRUTH to you how should you react?  Do you blurt it out to everyone, or do you respond as the mother of JESUS in Luke 2:19 (KJV) where scripture says "But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart"?

GOD cannot violate HIS Word!  Whatever HE has promised, HE WILL DO!  When GOD reveals something to you through HIS WORD, HE isn't playing a joke on you.  GOD created the world to declare HIS Glory (Psalm 19:1-4). HE formed and made man with the same intent (Isaiah 43:7).  GOD may lead you to the banks of the Red Sea, but HE will get Glory, just as HE did over Pharaoh.  "BLESSED ARE YOUR EYES" if you are able to SEE this!!!