In Ephesians (1 v 18) we come across this verse:

I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened

I read and re-read this. It seems to suggest that we all have eyes of our hearts but in order to perceive what God is doing we need these enlightened. The verse goes on to say “That you may know the hope to which he has called you”.

I love this expression the “eyes of the heart”. We seem to live in a very heady society, bent on finding knowledge and trying to work everything out. It is a shame that the heart doesn’t get much of a look in. The heart is often confined to some romantic area but we forget the football player who instinctively knows where to pass the ball, surely that is heart. And this is where God heads to our heart. It is in the eyes of heart that we will know the hope to which God has called us.

Rich

P.S. An interesting aside has arisen for me. I want to investigate the prayers of St Paul. They seem so positive. Paul doesn’t seem to pray for the things we are so interested in praying for. Binding up the devil, revival, blessings, etc. That will be done at some point soon. The prayers of St Paul.