Can I See Clearly?

Today I picked up two pairs of glasses. One for readiing. The other for distance. I need them for reading small print or clearly seeing objects at a distance;

There are people who don't know they need glasses. They don't know that other people can see things that they cannot see. They don't know what they are missing.

Then there are those who know they need glasses but don't want to be bothered with them. They would rather miss out on seeing some things than go to the expense or trouble of getting and wearing glasses or contact lenses.

If we can't see something well enough to know what it is, we are blind to it. This is true whether we're talking about a road sign or print that is smaller than what we're able to read with our unaided eyes.

This is true in spiritual as well as physical matters.

4 For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. 5 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.  (2 Peter 1:4-9 NASB)

 Some people think that just saying they accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior is all that really matters when it comes to being a Christian.

But is God content with just our saying "Thanks God for saving me" and then living our lives however we feel like it?

What does God expect of us? And what else does God have for us other than forgiveness of our sins?

I believe what Peter wrote in 2 Peter chapter 1 should help us know what to do with the faith God gives to true believers. We should now be capable of the diligence to add moral excellence to our faith. It should bother us when we do wrong, and we should seek to do what is right.

In order to do w what is right. we need the knowledge of what is right, so we will want to know what is in God's Word. We'll want to apply the knowledge God Word in order to grow in self control. As we practice controlling ourselves, our perseverance should strengthen. That will enable us to exhibit more godliness, being more like God.


Progressing in such things will enable us to more considerate of others, demonstrating brotherly kindness and love of the kind that God wants us to have.


I need glass lenses that have been ground according to an eye doctor's prescription for me to see properly with my natural eyes. I need God's prescription found in 2 Peter chapter 1 for me to be sure I'm seeing myself and everything else with His perspective..


Seeing physical things improperly can be hazardous. Seeing spiritual things, including my own spiritual condition, improperly can even more dissasterous..


If we don't know what is in God's Word, we will live lives of short sightedness and even blindness, missing out on so much of what God intends for us.

We'll probably even forget we've been purified from sins, and will fall back into them. Instead of moving forward into godliness we'll slide backward into unrighteousness.


Let us always seek to see things as clearly as God wants us to see them, so we can live as God wants us to live.