Day Thirty-Six
To Gaze upon the Vision
“Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish;…”
Prov 29:18 Amp
How can I share with you the power that is exerted by the Lord, His Word, and His vision on my life? How can I convey the quotient of the spiritual vigor that resides within me for His purposes? How can I explain the reasoning behind (when no reasoning is involved) in the sense that I know I am His and He is mine? Yet – to this I am called, to try and share.
When you drive in traffic and something on the side catches your eye – you look, for some — gawk, and if you are not careful – you will begin to drift in that direction. We are unconsciously moved toward that which we gaze at. The same is true in our spiritual life. If we gaze upon the heart of Jesus Christ through His word – we are transformed from glory to glory – and this is from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2Cor 3:18) In essence, we become what we behold. The more we gaze at Him, the closer He draws us, the more like Him we become.
Remember the account of the fiery serpents in Numbers 21? The Israelites had begun to speak against God and Moses because of the difficulty of their way. The Lord sent fiery serpents among the people. Some people were bitten. Some died. As the people repented for their rebellion, the Lord had Moses craft a serpent out of bronze to be raised up on a poll. As the Israelites gazed upon that bronze serpent steadily, with attentiveness and expectancy – they were healed.
This trial of the serpents is about more than just receiving healing. It is about the power of what we look at steadily, with expectancy – what we gaze upon that can not only hold our gaze, but also holds our heart. Other than the Lord, there is not one thing I trust as able to be gazed upon with duration – that does not ultimately corrupt us. Not money, not position, not power, not beauty, no thing.
The redemptive vision of the Lord is perfect – as He is perfect. It is our spiritual fuel cell, our compass, our finder, our internal navigator that spurs us on to gaze, to search, to pursue, to hunger for the Lord. It is the Lord’s blessing in us, stoked as a fire, tended by the Holy Spirit that draws us to look, listen, learn, love – to behold that vision and to be led by it, and to be changed by it, from glory to glory which is from the Lord Who is the Spirit.
Be loved – be drawn to gaze upon the redemptive vision of Christ, without which we perish.
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