Blurred Vision

Blurred Vision

“So let’s keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision—you’ll see it yet! Now that we’re on the right track, let’s stay on it.”

Philippians 3:15-16

Old contact lenses, they sure cause me a lot of problems.  Well, it’s not exactly the contact lens that causes the problem.  It’s my ability to procrastinate in getting new ones, that is what the real problem is.  You see I am terrible about ordering new contacts.  They are expensive, so I try to get all the wear possible out of them.  Sometimes, that comes at the expense of blurred vision.  You think after having contacts for as many years as I have had that I would learn my lesson, but I don’t.  I go through the same thing each time, my contacts get old, my vision gets blurry, then I finally cave in and order new.  The most uncomfortable thing is that I have to live with blurry vision till the new ones come in.  

This time around though the blurry vision definitely affected me.  I had been trying to write the past couple of days. Let me tell you, it is definitely hard to focus on a computer screen with blurred vision.  It was so frustrating, I felt like God had a word for me to type out, but I was really struggling to be able to see the screen and focus on it.  Which in turn left me feeling desperate!  Through this though, God revealed something to me.  

Your senses are so important when it comes to hearing and sensing God in your life.  Your hearing, your sight, your touch they are all crucial to having a deep relationship with our Father. I can hear God when He is whispering to me, I can feel God when He is present, and I can see God as I am typing His words.  If one of these senses begins to not function correctly, I don’t know about you, but I begin to suffer.  My state of mind, the way I respond to my family, the intensity of my spiritual walk, they all begin to deteriorate.  So what do I do? Do I quit what I am supposed to be doing for God? Do I quit drawing close to God? Do I quit writing because of my inability to see clearly?  Not at all! I press in, I become persistent in seeking God.  

The most amazing thing happened when I did that, God made my way easier. When I thought that my day was done and that I would not be able to do His work today, He showed me another way. What did He show me? The “zoom in” button, it was really a miraculous thing!  I went from the words being blurry and squinting to try and make out the words on the screen to being able to see and read clearly!

In our world, things happen all day long that blur our vision of who we are, how we should feel, and how we should react to things around us.  These circumstances begin to hinder the vision of God in our life: who He has awakened us to be, how He calls us to feel and how He asks us react.  God showed me when my vision is hindered, don’t quit, instead increase your vision by zooming into Him!  This is such a simple action on the computer, but it requires persistence and tenacity in us in our daily lives. Satan will try and blur our vision with his lies and schemes that he whispers into our minds and heart. Our job is to not grow weary! Determine to continue to do stand firm, even when life gets really tough and we feel like throwing in the towel.

“My eyes of faith won’t focus anymore, for sorrow fills my heart.

There are so many enemies who come against me!”

Psalm 6:7 TPT

Blurred vision will come and leave us feeling surrounded by these lies and schemes! Just like when a heavy fog settles in, our surroundings get uncomfortably blurry or so hindered we can’t see a thing! When that happens, we can’t just stop what God is calling us to. We can’t just quit.  Instead, we have to fight through the battle of fog and blurred vision by pressing into God.  How do we do that? By glorifying Him, making Him bigger than the blurriness around you!  

“So let’s keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision—you’ll see it yet! Now that we’re on the right track, let’s stay on it.”

Philippians 3:15-16

God will clear our blurred vision! What an amazing promise! All we have to do is zoom in closer to Him.  When we do that, all that was blurred, hazy, and foggy will become bright, illuminated and crystal clear.  Situations that left you feeling confused or hurt, will leave you with understanding and grace. Encounters that left you feeling less than and inferior will end with you knowing that you are more than capable and called by God. 

“How great is our God!

There’s absolutely nothing his power cannot accomplish,

and he has infinite understanding of everything.”

Psalm 147:5 TPT

Do you want everything that God has for you? Is your vision blurred causing you to not be able to clearly identify what He has for you? Are you are unable to envision what He sees in you? Do you feel surrounded? Don’t quit, fight through it! Press in and pursue God in the moments that these feelings overcome you.