BLINDED

Its not a great title for any kind of article or book but its the truth and scripture have enough said about it. The more you know the more you will be held accountable. Its the scarious and an awesome responsibility to be given much. The more I travel, the more people I meet, the more sermon I preach the more conscious I am of this responsibility. How can I a mere human being open the eyes of the blind? How can I avoid the pitfall of judgementalism in the midst of my concern for brothers, sisters and friends who daily have their bibles open but their eyes wide shut. Not easy to understand. The Lord has been trying so hard to get His people to see every single day. There are tragedies, disasters and calamities and yet we still can't see what the Lord is doing and what He is trying to say to us. The Old Testament messages of the prophets are not welcome by this generation of feel gooders. Judgement and discipline is too harsh and sounded way too negative and discouraging. We must not say much about it. We need to encourage the people.

I have been blinded by my own pride and arrogance. I have been blinded by my conformity to the world and its comfort and therefore am guilty of being a blind trying to lead another blind.
O Lord open our eyes that we may see, open our ears that we may hear, open our minds that we may understand, and O Lord open our hearts that we may receive all that you have wanted to give us all these years and have been deeply grieved because of our hardness of heart.
The Apostle Paul said that the god of this world have blinded the eyes of the unbeliever. Unfortunately I think he has also successfully blinded the eyes of many believers whose focus is not on the Lord but on the things and cares of this world. May the Lord deliver us all from the snare and fiery darts of the evil one. Look Only to JESUS.