Open Our Eyes, Lord
There is a simple prayer that I believe all of us, as believers, should pray often. We should ask the Lord to open our eyes. I am not talking about our physical eyes. This prayer is for the Lord to open our spiritual eyes so we can see things that only the Holy Spirit can show us. We all need this, because there is so much more gong on around us than we can see with our physical eyes. Elisha prayed this prayer for his young servant when the Syrian army had them surrounded, and his servant was afraid. (II Kings 6:17) Elisha prayed for the Lord to open his eyes so he could see. Then, God opened the young man's eyes, and he saw that the mountains around them were full of horses and chariots of fire, all around Elisha. What a comfort for him and for us when God does that! The Bible tells us that we are surrounded by all kinds of angels and demons in the spiritual realm that the Lord refers to as the "heavenlies" in the Bible. This is where there is a great spiritual warfar...