Seeing Clearly

Cataract:  Opacity of the lens of the eye, causing partial or total blindness.
(Funk and Wagnalls Standard Desk Dictionary)

We finally did it!  We talked my grandmother into exploring the possibility of getting eye surgery for her cataracts.  It was tough.  She was convinced that her vision was fine and the cataracts were no problem but we in the family knew differently.  As her eyes became worse, she was been unable to write on envelopes or checks, change TV channels or many other basic tasks around the home she had done for years.  The real struggle was that my grandmother was convinced her vision was normal.  She had adapted to the impaired vision and accepted the abnormal as normal.

Finally, an appointment was made with the physician.  The doctor gently explained how bad a condition her eyes were in.  My grandmother learned that after the surgery she would, for the first time in years, see clearly. What great news that was!  What a great thing; to see things as they should be.

I drove her to the world renown optometrist for her surgery.  After several hours of paperwork, verification of insurance, counseling, tests, and preparation for surgery, she was called to the physician’s chair.  With great care, the experienced doctor went about his daily business.  A small incision was made in the eye, the bad lens was removed and replaced with expert precision.

I can remember waiting in the lobby while my dear grandmother was in surgery. Then suddenly it hit me! God, in only the way he can do it, reminded me that we all need eye surgery, just a different procedure and from the Master Physician.

Our struggle is that to some extent, we all have clouded vision but our cataract is different.  Our cataract is a world view created by our sinful nature. Today we view things through a lens of our humanistic, post modern world and not the things of God.  The crud which covers our eyes are the lies that we believe that are contrary to God’s Word.

We all see life through a set of lenses and that set of lenses determines how we see ourselves, how we see others, and how we see the Lord Jesus.  Some look at life through the lenses of past hurtful experiences, some look through the glasses of information embraced in higher education, while others use their upbringing as their lens.  The challenge for the believer is to see ourselves, others, and the Lord through His eyes.  We must use the lens of God’s Word for our view into the things of this life.

Let’s be brave!  Let’s go have eye surgery together.  Start Sunday morning.  Go to church, get in the pew.  Listen to the music before the service starts and in the depth of your heart, climb into the Master’s surgical chair.  The good news is that this time there will be no paperwork, verification of insurance, counseling, or tests.  Just beg the Lord Jesus to help you see clearly, to see how He sees.  Submit to His surgery, even if it hurts.  Get rid of the cloudy lens of the world.  Repent for allowing the abnormal to become normal in your life.  Ask God to break you if necessary.  It will be worth it because when it is all over, you will enjoy clear vision and see life in a new and wonderful way, the life as the Lord would have you to live and serve Him with.

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