Smudge Proof

No matter how often I cleaned the lenses, my glasses stayed smudged—everything I saw seemed blurred. It was time for new glasses. I explained the dilemma to my eye doctor. After my exam, he said, "You have cataracts." I was stunned. Once the specialist removed my cataracts, I saw clearly. My glasses weren't at fault; it was my vision.

Bright light from heaven surrounded Saul (later called Paul) as he traveled to Damascus. As he fell to the ground, Jesus introduced Himself and instructed what he should do. Saul rose from the ground, blind. It wasn't until he followed Jesus' instructions that God restored his sight: "And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales, and he received his sight forthwith" (Acts 9:18). God blinded Saul for him to "see" the truth. Once he saw and understood the truth of Jesus, he became a mighty man of God, proclaiming and writing the Good News of the risen Savior, Jesus Christ.

What is it that blurs your vision? How quick we are sometimes to jump to conclusions on matters because we see through faulty lenses. The only way to assure precise spiritual vision is to look through a clean and faultless lens—the smudge-free truth of God's Word.