April 5
Luke 11:14-36
We live in a spiritually saturated world. God is at work and so is Satan. Angels are ministering to people, and demons are seeking to wreak havoc. Are you aware of this reality? In verse thirty-four Jesus says, “Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light.” He says we need to see things accurately to live in right response to what he is doing. For Jesus’ original audience it meant seeing his miracles were from God. He was bringing the kingdom of God and was not involved in the work of the devil, which his opponents claimed.
In the same way, we also need to view what God is doing accurately so we can respond correctly. We can so easily fixate on material things that we lose sight of the spiritual world. We can get caught in the hamster wheel of feeding kids, getting them ready for school, going to work, cleaning our house, trying to exercise, and our unending to-do list that we forget what really matters. All of those activities can be done with an eternal perspective or simply for the moment. It all depends on how we see them. So let us put on Jesus’ glasses so we see the spiritual realm around us, are aware of how God is working, and seek to be the blessed who “hear the word of God and obey it.”
Father God, help me to see what work you are doing and partner with you. Help me to stand against things that are against you but participate in things that are of you. Amen.
How can you better view life from God’s eternal perspective? What keeps you from acknowledging the spiritual realm?
We live in a spiritually saturated world. God is at work and so is Satan. Angels are ministering to people, and demons are seeking to wreak havoc. Are you aware of this reality? In verse thirty-four Jesus says, “Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light.” He says we need to see things accurately to live in right response to what he is doing. For Jesus’ original audience it meant seeing his miracles were from God. He was bringing the kingdom of God and was not involved in the work of the devil, which his opponents claimed.
In the same way, we also need to view what God is doing accurately so we can respond correctly. We can so easily fixate on material things that we lose sight of the spiritual world. We can get caught in the hamster wheel of feeding kids, getting them ready for school, going to work, cleaning our house, trying to exercise, and our unending to-do list that we forget what really matters. All of those activities can be done with an eternal perspective or simply for the moment. It all depends on how we see them. So let us put on Jesus’ glasses so we see the spiritual realm around us, are aware of how God is working, and seek to be the blessed who “hear the word of God and obey it.”
Father God, help me to see what work you are doing and partner with you. Help me to stand against things that are against you but participate in things that are of you. Amen.
How can you better view life from God’s eternal perspective? What keeps you from acknowledging the spiritual realm?
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