Magic Eye

Back in the mid to late nineteen nineties, well into
the millennium, there was a new phenomenon in picture puzzles. 　You may recall
seeing them.　 In newspapers, magazines, books and even at art studios. 　They
were technically known as sterograms, but we called them magic eye
puzzles.　 Do you recall seeing those colorful pictures of squiggly lines and
dots which also had captions below them asking, "Can you see the twelve foot
ball players?" or "Can you see the hidden picture?"　 Like me at first,　 some of
you may have thought that this was some type of gimmick or trick.　  I remember
staring at one image until I had a headache.  　I wanted to see the picture, I
did not want to throw my hands up and say "inconclusive".  It was a challenge.  
Plus I wanted to know if there was something wrong with my eyes.  I would reason
at times that maybe my myopia ( near sightedness) or astigmatism kept me from
seeing these tantalizing  images. 　After all I did believe that it was there.　 I
just couldn’t see it.　 Well, as you know there is more to life and lunch breaks
than dwelling on puzzles.  I mean after all, it was not one of my great
pursuits, nor did it elevate my blood pressure one iota due to the fact that I could not see the.   But  one day while  reading the newspaper, I saw one. 　And, this time, the author of the article
gave instructions on how to find the image.  　You see, you have to look beyond
that which  appears to be before you. 　You cannot rely on just your sight alone.  
 It takes you being able to disregard what you actually see and look deeper
to the point where your brain’s depth perception takes control.  Depth
perception  happens in the brain and not the eyes. 　Once you capture the ability
to tap in on how to see the image, your brain will automatically begin to lock
in and bring what is nonvisible, visible. 　Thus I could not see every "Magic
Eye" picture puzzle. 　　Of course this got me to thinking…Thinking  about realms
of faith and seeing how God sees…. I thought about Elisha.  In Kings  Chapter 6,  how  the young
man sees trouble all around, but is told by the prophet, " Fear not: for they
that be with us are more than they that be with them".   Elisha then  prays… Lord, I
pray thee, open his eyes  that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the
young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and fire. 
Elisha looked deep ignoring what may have been n plain view.  He looked  through
God’s view.  Looking past and beyond. The  young man  got blessed as well since he decided to open his eyes and  to look again.  Can I challenge you to look again?  Keep  looking.  Every time we view an object, we see something different about it.  This brings me to Paul, when  on the road to Damascus  saw  the light from heaven, immediately he  submitted himself, while those who were with him did not see the light.   Then there was David.  From  a natural view, it appeared
that he was not ready to be come a King.    He was not ranked high  enough, nor embellished  enough to  be considered  for such a calling.    He had no  great titles, no  reserved seating, no posse, no royal cloaks that would have  qualified him  by assumption.  But the bible says; "For the LORD does not see as  man sees;  for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the  heart."   God goes for deep.  He looks deep.  He looks beyond our fuzzy view.  
   Talking about kingdom living here!  Wow, imagine if we  can begin to live  within the realm of His Kingdom daily!  It can be very  liberating.   Seeing  as God sees liberates us from living in bitterness and un -forgiveness  toward those who hurt us.    Let’s look at these puzzling situations
that we  face in our lives.  Do you see a mass of confusion, no direction or  clear  view?  Pray and ask Jesus to allow us see how HE sees.  Let’s look  through the problem and go into the depths of our spirit and bring  faith  to the surface.  We won’t ignore it, but we tell the problem to move
over for a  few minutes… get of the way so that we can see God in this.   He  has given us  all things that pertain to life.  The answers are before us,  the solutions are  before us, the power, the keys…all are before us. We just need…excuse me I just  need to begin to practice and master living in
the realm of the kingdom so that  I can see and capture what he has set  before me.  I pray the same for you  all.