1 Samuel 3:1
King James Version
3 And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli.
And the word of the Lord was precious in those days;
there was no open vision.
Once a reader of new age material, I prided myself in having "peripheral" vision.
It's "seeing" from "outside the corner of one's eyes".
I thought that was the right way to "see".
Of course, new age makes you think you're more than you really are.
Well, soon as GOD made me born again in 2019, I began to see differently.
Starting with losing all sense of "self".
My vision truly expanded.
I began to see beyond the peripheral.
I began to see , and become aware of "others".
Their plight, their needs, my sins against them.
When you really start "seeing", the latter is the most painful of all.
But it's something you have to go through.
That's what automatically happens when GOD makes you born again.
FIRST, you receive a "humbling".
SECOND, the "forgiveness"
THIRD, the "anointing".
You begin to finally "see", as GOD wants you to see.
Your vision is not clouded anymore.
You begin to understand, and grasp things, through Scripture.
The WORD of GOD becomes your ONE, TRUE GUIDE.
You begin to appreciate everything GOD gave you.
You begin to acknowledge all your sins.
You realize self is not as important as new age says it should be.
I never thought I was the center of the universe.
I always thought the sun was.
Even that was corrected.
Only GOD is the center of the UNIVERSE.
Concern goes beyond self.
You begin to truly care about others.
Love becomes "unconditional".
Because JESUS taught us that.
That's what it means to go BEYOND peripheral vision.
Now, you have SPIRIT and SPIRITUAL vision.
You are now being taught by the HOLY SPIRIT.
He teaches you about GOD, self, and others.
He teaches you about GOD's commands.
He teaches you about JESUS.
He tells you of past, present, and future.
He answers all the questions you have.
As born again, you see who you really are.
You see others for who they really are.
You see the world for what it really is.
You see GOD for Who He Is.
You see JESUS for Who He Is.
You see SPIRIT for Who He Is.
You see Scripture for what it is.
Nothing is withheld from you anymore.
As born again, you see beyond the norm, the usual, the programmed.
It's like, all of a sudden, you don't need to "wear" glasses anymore.
Now, you see through the LENS of the HOLY SPIRIT.
Your "vision" has become perfect!
Or, at least, being perfected.
Now, nothing is being hidden from you.
Scripture tells us all we need to know.
That's why I marvel, and write like crazy.
We have created 110 blogs, as of this writing.
Those blogs explore, and expand, on our Bible discoveries.
As my vision expanded. so did my understanding of GOD's laws.
Now, you don't need to see through "philosophy".
Or what man thinks you "should" focus on.
Now, all you care about is that SPIRIT makes you "see".
You don't need intellect, as much as you need a childlike heart.
As a teen, I came across this quote from "The Little Prince":
"It is only in the heart that one can see rightly,
what is essential is invisible to the eye".
Today, I reflect upon it.
And discover HALF of it is right.
It is not "in the heart" that makes us see rightly.
It is only "through SPIRIT" that one can see "rightly".
1 Corinthians 2:10
King James Version
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit:
for the Spirit searcheth all things,
yea, the deep things of God.
And yes, Exupery was HALF right, too.
"What is essential is invisible to the eye".
John 4:24
King James Version
24 God is a Spirit:
and they that worship him
must worship him in spirit and in truth.
JESUS said these of the HOLY SPIRIT:
John 3:8
King James Version
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but canst not tell whence it cometh,
and whither it goeth:
so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
John 14:17
King James Version
17 Even the Spirit of truth;
whom the world cannot receive,
because it seeth him not,
neither knoweth him:
but ye know him;
for he dwelleth with you,
and shall be in you.
Apostle Paul speaks of the "unseen":
2 Corinthians 4:18
King James Version
18 While we look not at the things which are seen,
but at the things which are not seen:
for the things which are seen are temporal;
but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Pray to be born again.
You have no idea what you're missing out on.
I champion the cause of being BORN AGAIN.
Not in the way many elite, or prosperity churches have abused it.
But in the way that JESUS defined it.
John 3:3-7
King James Version
3 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him,
How can a man be born when he is old?
can he enter the second time
into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.
Only through GOD's LOVE, and GRACE, do I have clear vision.
Otherwise, I couldn't write as I do.
Much less understand Scripture, as I have.
I'm done with peripheral vision.
It is limited.
GOD isn't.
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