This image reminds me of how I saw Jesus for the longest time. I learned a lot about who He was as a child, and that image got more and more distorted as I grew up and experienced the world in college. I didn’t even realize I was looking at life through a blurry lens.
Years later, a friend told me about her Christian faith. The God she knew sounded different than the God I knew. The main difference between us was that she read the Bible everyday and I did not. I began doing a study with her, and she taught me to write down truths about who God is telling me He is in every chapter we read, and to talk to Him about it.
As I slowly learned more about God’s heart by reading the Bible everyday, my lens became more clear, and I could look back and see how and why my vision became distorted. It’s also more and more clear that I don’t mature just by getting older – it takes spending time with Him and trusting Him to refine my heart and mind. I still have a long way to go.
Father God, you are so faithful and loving, thank you for telling me who you are in your Word, and for making it come alive and active within us. May your Spirit pour passion and holy curiosity into my life and into my loved ones. Please help us all to love reading your Word. Please give us clarity to know the truth, and to see through your eyes. May my heart be pure, living not for my own glory but for yours. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
“How much better to get wisdom than gold, and good judgment than silver!”
Proverbs 16:16
My Heart, My Home 