Blessed Eyes and Ears

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How blessed is your seeing and your hearing? What is it that you are looking to see? What is it that you are listening to hear?

We are all looking to see and to hear from God in some way in our lives. We are all looking to see and listening to hear something transcendent. We are looking to see God. We are listening to hear from God.

In the days of the Old Testament, the history of God’s people, prophets and kings were looking for the coming messiah and listening to hear from heaven from God.

In Luke’s gospel account, Jesus turned to his disciples privately and said to them, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.” (Luke 10:23-24, ESV).

We are looking for and listening for what the prophets and kings of old were looking for and listening for, as were the early disciples.

We are looking to see Jesus. We are listening for Jesus—the very Word of God. We desire to see God and to hear from God. And we have blessed eyes and ears when we do.

May we see Jesus and hear from Jesus, and be blessed as the early disciples, as we hear “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!”

In Christ alone, Robbie

A Prayer For Grace To Seek God In Every Way, by Benedict of Nursia: “Gracious and holy Father, please give me intellect to understand you, reason to discern you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you, a spirit to know you, a heart to meditate upon you, ears to hear you, eyes to see you, a tongue to proclaim you, a way of life pleasing to you, patience to wait for you, and perseverance to look for you. Grant me a perfect end, your holy presence, a blessed resurrection, and life everlasting. Amen.” (#90, Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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