One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see. John 9:25
Will we ever be perfectly satisfied with whatever stage we have reached? How then do we move ahead spiritually? To keep moving forward with the Lord He has to bring those experiences where it is absolutely necessary for us to ‘see’ Him, and know the Lord in a new way, and it must be so until our ‘end’ in this stage of our lives. It may be a series of crises of seeing again and again as the Lord opens our eyes, and we are able to say, “I see!” So it is not our study, our learning, our book knowledge, but it is a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of our hearts being enlightened, and it is that seeing which brings a note of authority that is so much needed. That is the element, the feature, that is required today. It is not seeing for seeing’s sake, but it is to bring a new note of authority.
Where is the voice of authority today? Where are those who are really speaking with authority? We are languishing terribly in every department of life for the voice of authority. The Church is languishing for a want of a voice of spiritual authority, for a prophetic note – “Thus saith the Lord!” The world is languishing for a want of authority, and that authority is with those who have seen. There is far more authority in the man born blind, in his testimony — “One thing I know that, whereas I was blind, now I see” — than there is in all of Israel, with all of Israel’s tradition and learning. And may it not be that that was the thing about the Lord Jesus that carried such weight, for “He spoke as One having authority, and not as the Scribes” (Matthew 7:29). The Scribes were the authorities. If anybody wanted the interpretation of the law, they went to the Scribes. If they wanted to know what the authoritative position was, they went to the Scribes. But He spoke as One having authority, and not as the Scribes. Wherein lay that authority? Just that in all things He could say “I know! It is not what I have read, what I have been told, or what I have studied that is with power, but this — I know! I have seen!”
How do we receive spiritual sight, wisdom, and revelation? What was Jesus constantly doing? How many times in the Gospels do we read about Jesus going off alone to pray? We must first understand we need God’s revelation. Then we must seek Him humbly, honestly, with our whole heart. How often do you set yourself in that ‘posture’ before Him? Unfortunately we often don’t get there until crisis personally knocks on our door, and we need His answers. Jesus knew the situation that faced Him, and He knew He needed to spend time with His Father … seeing. Finally at the high mountain we get to see what Jesus was experiencing when He went to pray (Matthew 17:1-8).
How important is it for you to truly …see?