You Aint On my Radar... "oh really?"

I am deciding to do my third blog immediately after the second one.. My thoughts are "bubbling".
Well this semester, I picked some interesting courses such Social Anthropology and Organisational Psychology. (On this note may I say that the more you study, the more you should "see" God and learn about Him in your studies). I am also studying African Dance.

Having been away from home, I have had such a worldview shift. I began to notice the "simple" things in life. This post is based on Elisha's prayer for his servant. You may be familiar with the story.
Elisha was surrounded by the Arameans army with horses and chariots that had surrounded the city. His servant panicked but Elisha was confident in seeing what could not be seen. He prayed "O LORD, open his eyes so he may see" (2 Kings 6:17). It goes on to say "Then the LORD opened the servant's eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha."

The horses and chariots of fire were "always" there. Elisha's servant couldn't see it. These horses and chariots of fire did not appear on the servant's radar but they were there.

As I am coming out of this "zooming out" to see the whole picture, I want to further emphasise on seeing NEW things, discovering new things.. Doing things you've not done before (such as go carting and ice skating for me) and open your eyes to what is already there. I hear preachers say that Scientists are now discovering that there is a maker in the way the universe is made. And they say in addition "I could have told them it was in the Bible!".. But wait a second, at least those scientists did something in finding that out. They sweated during their research. What have you done preacher?

I do not want to only have a spiritual emphasis on "opening one's eyes". Anthropology is changing the way I see and think about things. Many of us would think of the word "spouse" according to the dictionary definition but there is more to that word in practical life.

I am also learning about how the "poor" are made invisible. We go about our days and not seeing the disadvantaged in our society, simply because they do not show up on our radar. I am deciding to consciously and intentionally help those I can.
My room shuts me out from seeing what's really out there. The media does a great job at that too.

I challenge you to let your eyes be opened in "all" spheres of life. What you see is not all there is to see.

I'll end with this: When Elisha was raising Shunammite's Son from the dead, it is said in 2 Kings 4:35 "Elisha...stretched out upon him once more. The boy sneezed seven times and OPENED HIS EYES" (emphasis mine).

You may think your situation is dead but there is another of looking at it.. Open up your eyes..
It is right there in your radar...