I Can See Clearly Now, The Scales Are Gone

About 12 years ago, I had LASIK surgery on my eyes.

After the surgery, gauze-covered metal shields were taped over my eyes. These shields had to stay on overnight until my follow-up appointment in the morning.

For almost 17 hours, I couldn’t see (because of the shields) and didn’t know if my vision had been improved or not.

It was such a relief when the bandages finally came off and I could see again!

My vision improved to 20/20.

Vision is so important – not just physical vision, but spiritual vision (being able to see what God sees).

Outside of grace, our vision is impaired.

Without grace, we are unable to accurately see what God wants us to see.

The Bible says that Saul was blinded when he encountered Jesus and recovered his sight 3 days later…

“Instantly something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight.” (Acts 9.18 NLT)

Before his encounter with Jesus, Saul didn’t see things clearly. His vision was off. He wasn’t seeing what God wanted him to see.

Grace changed Saul’s vision, perspective, point of view and purpose.

Grace is like spiritual LASIK – it corrects our spiritual vision, allowing us to see what God wants us to see.

Grace changes our vision, perspective, point of view and purpose.

“God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for all the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” (Ephesians 2.8-10 NLT)

Along with grace comes salvation – and a new sense of vision, purpose or destiny.

God shows us what he’s been wanting us to see all along – our reason for being.

Grace changes our focus.

I can see clearly now, the scales are gone… it’s gonna be a bright, bright, sun shiny day!