When a woman from another country lived in our home for a few weeks, she kept asking questions I had never thought about. At a drive-in restaurant, she said, "Why would anyone want to eat in the car?" As she glanced at the church page in the Saturday newspaper, she asked, "Why do the ministers put their own photographs in the ads for their churches?" Through her eyes, we began to see aspects of our culture that were so familiar we had never noticed them before.

Christ warned the Christians at Laodicea that they were in great spiritual peril because they couldn't see themselves as they really were. He told them, "You say, 'I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing'--and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked" (Rev. 3:17). Jesus urged them to come to Him for what they needed, including salve to put on their spiritual eyes so they could see (v.18).

When we read the Bible, we see ourselves through God's eyes--not only our sinfulness but also the righteousness He has provided for us through faith in Christ.

Ask the Lord to help you see yourself and your world through His eyes today.  — David C. McCasland