Eyes to See

Jesus told Nicodemus in effect that he could not see the Kingdom of Heaven until he had been born of God (John 3:3). Paul told the believers at Corinth that they could not know spiritual things until they were spiritual people (1 Corinthians 2:10-16).

If I stated as a fact that you cannot purchase a home unless you have money, that should not make you presume that everyone who has money has purchased a home. Becoming capable of seeing spiritual things does not make certain that you will actually see them. It simply means that you have gained eyes.

Jesus and Paul clearly stated that there is a Kingdom and a spiritual reality that you could not see before you were born of God. The dynamic of grasping, obtaining, possessing the values and valuables that were previously hidden from you has now changed to them being hidden for you. Some of the doors that can be opened to your eternal future are currently locked. Some of the keys that can unlock eternal treasures to you are called “ask,” and “seek” and “knock.”

Don’t be lazy about gaining things that were not available to you before Jesus bought them for you with a payment of blood. Don’t presume that everything you need in order to become your most awesome self will just be stumbled into or dropped in your lap while you nap.

Some very valuable things will not be given to us until we give our King some evidence that we recognize their value and desire them.