Blind Eyes

And he said, Go, and tell this people,
Hear ye indeed, but understand not;
and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Make the heart of this people fat,
and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears,
and understand with their heart,
and convert, and be healed. Is 6:9-10

This was part of Isaiah’s charge from God – that Isaiah should go to the people (the Israelites) and speak to them for God. God acknowledges that the people will be slow of understanding, but Isaiah is to go and speak anyway. God knows that many people will never hear and understand and believe His Word, but Isaiah went and spoke it anyway.

People have not changed very much. This verse is quoted by Jesus and by Paul to illustrate the people who hear and see God’s Word, but do not understand or believe it. Because they have not believed, they are robbed of the blessings and the healings that God wants to give. People even now are the same. Many hear the Word, see miracles before their eyes, but they are blind and deaf to the Truth. Many never understand and believe the salvation and power available from God.

And those of us who have believed in Jesus’ resurrection, who have accepted him as Lord, still have our blind moments. There is power and peace and forgiveness from God, just waiting for us to claim. But our blindness to portions of God’s grace and bounty keeps us from obtaining this power and peace and forgiveness. God is able to open our understanding, if we simply go to Him and ask for His insight when we study His Word. He will open our eyes and ears to His Truth.