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 warfare going on between the Lord and His angels and Satan and his demons. God is directing His angels to care for us as His children, while Satan is directing his demons to try to take us away from following the Lord. If we don't realize this war is going on, we can be easily defeated by the forces of darkness.

However, if we pray that simple prayer, God will open our spiritual eyes to see the strategy of the devil, and we can counter with prayer and the Word of God, our spiritual weapons. When we draw near to God and resist the devil with the Bible and prayer, he and his demons have to flee from us. We can win the victory every time. However, we need to have our eyes open all the time and be led by the Spirit to really see what is happening around us.

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Tomorrow, I intend to read II Kings 7-9.