https://odb.org/MY/2023/01/04/new-vision
One of the things that deteriorate as we grow older is our vision. From 6/6 to 6/9 to 6/12 and even 6/15. It’s not something that we can avoid, but with modern technology, it may be corrected by laser surgery. However, even with surgery correction, it will nevertheless become worse as we get older. In this fallen world, age makes our body weaker and prone to disease and infirmities.
In Isaiah 43:18-19, God gave a very uplifting word to the Israelites in captivity in Babylon to not look at the past but the future. The LORD says, “Remember not the former things, nor the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing…. I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” It is a prophesy of a few thousand years old, and we can clearly see this phenomenon a common reality in modern Israel, transforming desert places into oasis estates of greenery and vegetation, bringing fertility and agriculture into arrid, dry and deserted lands. It is not what you have that matters but what you make out of it.
The message today is that as much as our physical vision gets impaired over time, God wants to give us a new spiritual vision. A new vision that will propel us further in His kingdom. A new vision where we will not be limited by our past achievements, our past experiences, but a future filled with new lands to conquer for the Lord. A new vision that we see ourselves in a new light, not that same person for the past 20 years all over again for the next 20 years to come. As God could part waters to rescue the Israelites, He would bring water into desert places and turn the dry and arrid places into fertile grounds filled with greenery and fruits, practically a land filled with milk and honey! It speaks of the new things God is doing in our lives, amidst us and amongst us, His children in Christ.
Pray and seek the Lord for who we may become in Him in the years to come. That we will be living in the glory of His plans and purposes for our lives and becoming the person He had always wanted us to be. Pray for a new vision for ourselves no matter how young or old we are. God chose David when he was in his youth, and yet He called Abraham when he was eighty. Seek that new vision from the Lord! Amen
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