Open My Eyes

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. The earth is full of his glory.Isaiah 6:3

While working in southern Sudan, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the desperate needs of the people and the starkness of the surrounding desert environment. I was seeing the stark barren landscape and not seeing the glory of God which was all around. But God opened my eyes - I saw the beauty in the sunrises and sunsets. I gazed at His beautiful birds and wonderfully strange insects. I stood in awe as I looked at the expanse of the stars during the nights and pondered the words of the hymn, "How Great Thou Art". One night as we ran the generator to provide lights for our compound, thousands of fireflies came in and we literally had a wall of living, flashing lights. What an awesome display! Then I pondered over Paul's words in Romans 1:20, "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse," Lord, your creation does display your glory and the truth that there had to be a creator for all of this. There is no way this could have happened randomly. Those who believe in the primordial soup are believing in a fairytale that requires more blind faith to believe, than to believe in you, our creator.

Mike McMahon

"Nature is the art of God." - Dante

Prayer Power

Lord, open my eyes, remove the scales from my eyes and let me see your glory all around me. Lord, please do not let me take for granted the many miraculous displays of your glory. Do not let these miracles become ordinary to me. In Christ's name, amen.