“OPEN HIS EYES THAT HE MAY SEE!”

2 Kings 6:17-19                                        (ESV)

“17 Then Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, please “OPEN HIS EYES THAT HE MAY SEE”." So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, AND HE SAW, and behold, THE MOUNTAIN WAS FULL OF HORSES AND CHARIOTS OF FIRE all around Elisha.

18 And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Please strike this people with blindness." So HE struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha.

19 And Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek." And he led them to Samaria.”

Having our vision (what we SEE) obscured by “the enemy” is something we must always be aware of, maybe ON GUARD against!  The Syrians came down against Elisha (who was representing GOD ALMIGHTY) to seize him and prevent him from speaking the TRUTH to the leadership of Israel.  When the King of Syria inquired about who was spying for Israel, his servants said “...but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom." (2 Kings 6:12!). 

Trying to keep my sin from a HOLY GOD is just as futile as the King of Syria felt!  Even what was going on in his bedroom was known to GOD, and Elisha!  GOD knows my sin and HE knows my heart.  Fear and trembling overwhelm me when I think about how sinful and disgraceful that my life is before the CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES.  Yet HE loved me enough to send JESUS to suffer and die to pay for my wickedness so I can celebrate HIS NAME forever.  

When we cannot SEE what GOD’s PLAN is, we have to TRUST that HE is in control and is working ALL THINGS for HIS good!  It is called WALKING BY FAITH!  Sure, HE can “OPEN HIS EYES THAT HE MAY SEE” from time to time, but GOD owes us nothing and HE isn’t required to reveal HIS TRUTHS to anyone.  “OPEN HIS EYES THAT HE MAY SEE” is a gift from GOD that not all are able to SEE.  CAN YOU???