Spiritual Sight

“Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭39:7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jer.39.7.nkjv
Human senses, including the sense of sight, smell, touch, hearing and taste, add tremendous spice to the living comfort of all. And anyone with impaired physical senses will miss out on productive relationship with fellow men, unless a reliable compliment is provided for companionship. Unfortunately, active physical sights have always constitute a well of distraction to spiritual sensitivity. Obedience to the will of God is readily unattractive to men whose eyes are set on human opinion and sensible assessment of call to divine engagement. Despite an uncompromising declaration of the counsel of God to king Zedekiah to surrender to the king of Babylon, he wasted about 18 months of the Chaldean besiege behind the walls of Jerusalem. Instead of leading his army to have faith in the plan and purpose of God before the penetration of the Chaldean's army, he preferred to fly with his army after an unsuccessful efforts to protest and prevent the plan and purpose of God. At the end, he lost everything including his property, position, progenitor and the ability to further use his physical sight. A preference for the use of spiritual sight is a trust in the clarity of the revelation of God, compared to the reflection of personal sight.

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