SCRIPTURE: Matthew (NIV) 13:13 This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. 15 For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’ 16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
OBSERVATION: Here we have the bottom line. This is why people are in such a predicament. Their hearts are hard! Hearing comes through the ears, but the message is understood in the heart. Seeing comes through the eyes, but the understanding of what is seen is in the heart. Our five senses keep us in touch with the world around us, but our heart must be sensitive to the Lord in order to process that information and make application to life.
APPLICATION: Truth sometimes hits us like a big surprise. We are forced to acknowledge something that we previously resisted. We are forced to acknowledge that we were wrong. The Holy Spirit often moves around our preconceived notions about Jesus and forces us to acknowledge that Jesus really is Who He says He is and can really do what He said He could do. He really can forgive my sins.
We did not want to acknowledge what we could see and hear, but the Holy Spirit works around our eyes and ears and speaks directly to our heart. He often uses miracles to bypass our understanding and forces us to deal with truth. Jesus is the TRUTH!
PRAYER: Holy Spirit, we surrender our prejudices and fears and preconceived ideas to you. We ask you to work with us to make our hearts soft and able to hear and understand what you are saying to us. May Jesus be exalted as Lord in our lives, for it is in His Name we pray, Amen
Pastor Leon
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