I love movies. I always have. I especially love 3D movies. I also love DisneyWorld. There are several 3D movie rides at Disney. But there is a problem. Over the past few months I began to notice something different about my vision. It became apparent at Disney. My brain is not processing 3D images as it should. There is a condition where one eye is doing much more image processing than the other. My brain takes most of its informational inputs from just one eye. I am quite sure this stems from my excessive smartphone use over the years.
Maybe I’m not seeing everything that is being offered!
I can see fine in the real world and my depth perception isn’t effected so I didn’t give it much thought until I read the article below:
Prophetic Word: The Lord Is Saying in This Season, ‘Whatever You Ask, I Will Do’ Karen Hardin/Elijah List
Jesus said in John 15:7, “If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it shall be done for you.”
What if money and time were not an issue? What would you do?
That is a question I often ask in training sessions I give. But it is also a word about this season. I sense the Lord saying, “Whatever you ask, I will do.” We know that is a biblical truth, but this season is special—different. The only limits on this season are what we put on it.
The Lord often speaks to me in real life scenarios, more so than dreams. I’ve had two such instances recently that reveal the importance of sight. What we can see we can possess in this season.
Seeing Half
Whenever something “weird” happens in my life, I’ve learned to ask if there is a deeper meaning. That happened this past week. I was having difficulty reading my computer screen. I picked up a book and experienced the same thing. The words were not clear. “Oh no! My vision has shifted,” I thought to myself. I reached up to adjust my contact and immediately realized there was no contact in my “reading” eye. (One eye is corrected for reading and the other for distance.)
Now that was bizarre, because I distinctly remembered putting the contacts in that morning. I went to my contact case and sure enough, no contact was in it. But there was definitely not one in my eye either and none to be found anywhere near where I put it in. I’ve worn contacts for years and never had a contact just “disappear” like that.
“Are you trying to say something to me?” I asked the Lord as I dialed the optician to order a new one.
“Yes,” I sensed Him say. “You’re only seeing half.”
I also knew He meant more than just my ability to see at that particular moment. I was only seeing half. But half of what? What was I missing?
Switch Your Lens and See What He Sees
I continued to pray into that for the next week until I had another weird situation arise. After getting ready for the day, I went downstairs to make breakfast for my son and get him off to school. I looked at the clock, and it was blurry. By now, I had received the replacement contact and so both contacts were in my eyes. Yet the clock was blurry.
Oh brother! “You need to switch your lens,” I heard the Spirit speak to my heart. I went back upstairs and popped my contacts out and switched which eye they were in (yeah that hasn’t ever happened before either), and immediately my vision was clear again.
And that’s when I began to get it.
Later that day as I sat with Him, the realization of what He was speaking became even more clear and it is what I share with you now. This is a season like no other, but we must switch the lens we are viewing from to see what He sees. We must see things from His sight rather than our own. In order to see the full picture, not just half, we have to see what He sees.
He says, “Switch the lens from how you view things and see from My lens. Take the lid off. Whatsoever things you ask for, I will do. It’s simply up to you to ask. The only limits are what you put on this season. If you can see it, you can possess it. Come up higher and see from My perspective.”
-Karen Hardin/Elijah List
After reading that, now I realize that maybe I’m not seeing all that is available to me.
Even worse, maybe I don’t even expect to see all that is available to me. I’m not even looking for it. It’s as if I’m disappointed in the outcomes even before I begin the effort.
Dear Lord let me see all that You have prepared for me. Please don’t let my potential be limited by poor vision. Amen
Billy