FILL ME LORD!

39 And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
40 Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”
41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains."
John 9:39-41 (emphasis added)

This is one of the great truths of the Bible! Those who "say they see" disqualify themselves from the true enlightenment that comes only through Jesus Christ!

The predispositions, biases and worldviews we have all accumulated from birth are like huge curtains, or veils which keep the light of Christ from coming through!

3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 (emphasis added)

God Fills Empty Hearts! If we are to come to Jesus, we must empty ourselves! After that, if we are to grow in Jesus, we must empty ourselves again - admitting that we are blind and need Him to open our eyes! Then, and only then, can our hearts be open to receive His heavenly light!

God is always willing to fill us! But if we are already full of something else, we have left no room in our hearts for Him!

The Lukewarm Church Jesus rebuked the lukewarm church of Laodicea in the book of Revelation!

17 Because you say, “I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—
18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
Revelation 3:17-18 (emphasis added)

This is a graphic example of the great discrepancy between how we often see ourselves and how God sees us!

The Laodicean church viewed themselves as rich, wealthy and needing nothing. Jesus exposed them as wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked! What a stark contrast between their own opinion and the judgment of God!

If we want to see, we must admit our blindness.  If we want to be filled, we must empty ourselves! We must come to Jesus to buy the gold that matters and the clothes that will cover our nakedness. Only Jesus can anoint our eyes with eye salve so that we may see!

The Only Path to God! Do we pray that God would reveal Himself, open our eyes and fill us? Then we must be also be willing to pray that God would shake everything we believe to the core! We must lay ALL of our preconceived notions, competing loves, political views and comfort zones on the altar - allowing Him to upend, correct, remove and obliterate anything and everything that is not pleasing to Him - however dear it may be to our hearts!

Admitting our blindness, emptying ourselves and laying all on the altar are the only means to finding God!

We do not need to fear! God is gentle and good and only wants the very best for us!
When we do let go and give everything to God, we will not be disappointed! The results are glorious! The same God who spoke light into existence will shine in our hearts!

For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:6

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