I know, the title is a little Corny. Ok, maybe alot Corny, LOL! It comes from my dear friend Sarah, so it was not fully my idea, but the idea behind it has some relative truths and if nothing else, it hopefully put a smile on your face.

This past week, my husband and 2 oldest children had their yearly eye exams. It turned out that my son, Hunter, needed glasses. His eye-site was not all that impaired and the Dr said that he only needed to wear them when he was a a movie, or when he needed to see something far off. Hunter did not even notice he was not seeing clearly. His glasses came ina day later and as soon as he put them on, a whole new world open up to him. Needless to say, he wears his glasses all of the time, because he likes to see what he could not see clearly before. What is amazing is the fact he never even knew he was not seeing clearly.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, “

 Isn’t that just like all of us spiritually? We walk along thinking we see clearly but in reality we are very nearsighted. Now we know that we were once blind until God in His mercy open our eyes. God opened our eyes and we can now see. God also gave us something like God Goggles to help us see better because without them we can remain very nearsighted, focusing only what is up close, which can be one of those things that can cause fear in our lives because we can not see clearly. In Spurgeon’s Morning devotion yesterday, He talked about faith. When God saved us from His wrath, He gave us everything we need to walk upright with Him. We need faith and so God gave us that. But our faith is a seed that must grow and flourish. Without growing in faith, we cannot see past the present and can become very nearsighted, which can prevent us from doing all that God has called us to do. We cannot love effectively without faith. We have fear without faith, and we already discussed what a life without fear looks like. I love the way Spurgeon put it.

Great-faith sings, “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee:” and she fords the stream at once. Would you be comfortable and happy? Would you enjoy religion? Would you have the religion of cheerfulness and not that of gloom? Then “have faith in God.” If you love darkness, and are satisfied to dwell in gloom and misery, then be content with little faith; but if you love the sunshine, and would sing songs of rejoicing, covet earnestly this best gift, “great faith.”

Let your Faith Faith Sing Sisters. Suppliment your faith with the God Goggles the the Lord gave you perservering in the Faith that God gave you.

Our God Goggles: 2 Peter 1

3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,  4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. 5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. 10 Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. 11 For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Your Sister in Christ,

Laura