I’ve been listening to this song a lot lately by Chris Tomlin, and one of the lines has got into my head and I can’t get it out. So I thought I’d blog about it! The song is called ‘I Will Rise’. The line I am talking about is, ‘My faith shall be my eyes’.

For the average observer, for people who do not live a life of faith or do not believe in any faith, this line may sound crazy, almost weird. However, if you do live a life of faith then this line will mean much more than words to you.

I have been asking myself, ‘Am I seeing through my natural eyes, or my eyes of faith?’ Someone who sees with only their natural eyes limit themselves to how far their natural eyes can see. The person who sees through the eyes of faith can see things the natural eye cannot.

The eyes of faith are somewhat like the radar on an airplane. I have always found it fascinating that a pilot can navigate a plane through a storm cloud without the ability of natural vision. The pilot relies on his radar and computer system to get through the storm clouds. Without these instruments it would almost be impossible to make it to their destinations without being lost. This is the same in our journey of life. When storms roll in we will easily get lost without the instruments needed to see us through, this is the instrument of faith.

I find it hard at times to believe why I have such difficulties seeing this world through the eyes of faith. Why do I always want to be guided by what my natural eyes see? I know my natural eyes cannot see what my ‘faith eyes’ can see, yet being directed by the instruments of my ‘faith eyes’ is at times so difficult. I think this is part of what the Apostle Paul was talking about when he said, ‘I do the things I don’t want to do and don’t do the things I want to do’!

So today, my prayer is, let my faith become my eyes. Let me resist the impulse to always use my natural eyes, and let me be able to turn on my faith navigation equipment and reach my destination without being lost along the way!

How about you? Are you relying on your natural eyes or has your faith become your eyes?