Devotional for Wednesday, May 9, 2018
“He Gives Us Eyes To See What He Sees”
by Dona Hake
Today I would like to share with you a very special testimony of mine. Many years ago we had a Christian school, and we were feeling it was time to add a high school to it. Pastor Bill had asked me if I would be open to teach the typing/computer class to the students. While I did very well in typing when I was in high school, I was apprehensive if I could teach it to students. Deep in my heart I knew I was supposed to do it yet I had so much doubt in myself and my abilities. I struggled deeply with stepping out on this. I had so much fear that I would fail.
One day, a missionary friend of ours stopped by the school before the new school year started. Brother Emma Okorie saw me in the hall of the school,and he asked me how I was doing.I could see that he sensed in his spirit that I was not myself and I was troubled. I began to share with him my apprehensiveness relative to stepping out and teaching. He looked at me with great intensity and I just knew he was going to exhort me. The words he spoke gave me courage to step into God’s perfect will for that appointed time in my life. He looked into my eyes and with great boldness he spoke… “Sister, the Lord wants to unlock and release surprises in you that you are not even aware of!” Wow! The Lord was seeing something in me, and He desired to release it! Once again I will refer to the quote I shared yesterday.
“I saw an angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.“
Michelangelo
The Lord sees the depths of our hearts and He gives us eyes to see what He is seeing and desiring. The Word of God tells us to delight ourselves in Him, and He will place desires within our heart. He will also help us discover gifts and talents that are deep within us. I want to mention that no matter how young or how old you are, God desires to continue to do a great work in you. I have learned that you just never know what the Lord has in store as we continue to move into His will and serve Him all the days of our life.
Lord, give us eyes to see the things in us that we have not yet discovered. There are many gifts in all of us, and they are there for specific and appointed times in Your plan. Give us the courage to step out and do those things that may seem too big for our minds to except, and may we not compare them to our own ability but rather compare them to Your grace. In Jesus Name amen!