Spiritual Eyes

2 Corinthians 5:16 “From now on, then, we do not know anyone from a worldly perspective. Even if we have known Christ from a worldly perspective, yet now we know longer know him this way.” ~CSB

I have great memories of my grandfather. When I was little, I remember his smile, his laugh, his jokes and the different voices he made telling those jokes. His laughter, during those times he watched cartoons with me, made me laugh then, and still laugh today. He was the funniest fun person I’ve ever been around. That is how I knew my grandfather as a little boy.

​When I became an adult, and after he was gone from this world, I learned who he really was. I learned that he was an even 'greater' man than I remember. He was a more serious man in the world because his calling was education. He became a well-known principal of Cameron High School here in Nashville, TN. And when I talk with former students of his, they all speak highly of him because he cared so much about their futures. His impact on those students and the community was so strong that there is a school named after him here called Hull / Jackson Montessori School. I bring up my relationship and perspective about my grandfather because I want to show you a different perspective of how we view Jesus Christ.

We grew up as Christians knowing the story of how Christ died for our sins on the cross. When we were children, we knew the story. But as we grow older, we need to understand the story for ourselves. So that we understand the ‘great’ in Jesus Christ. In other words, it’s one thing to know about the story. But it is another to know Christ personally.

As a child, I viewed my grandfather from a worldly perspective. But when I spiritually matured, that is, when I grew spiritually in my walk in Christ, I realized that my grandfather was given a calling from God to be a man that would affect so many people. The same is said for our knowledge of Jesus Christ. Our spirituality grows as we meditate on God’s word and in turn that meditation will seed our relationship with Him. Our prayers and questions through that relationship, will be answered with direction, and in miracles of healing from God that will allow us to know our Savior for who He really is. In the Spiritual way that we should.

We begin to transition from seeing Jesus as just a man who died on the cross, to knowing Our Lord died to pay a debt we could not pay. And we see our Lord and Savior was resurrected by God for our salvation as well. It is time to grow away from our worldly perspective on everything. And begin to live and trust in our spiritual views on all things of God. Now that we see Jesus through our spiritual eyes, we can also now see others through those same eyes.

May God continue to bless and keep you in His love and protection as you journey in Jesus’ name.
 
Amen

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