The great 19th-century preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon told the story about a woman who said to Joseph Turner while he was painting, "Why do you put such extravagant colors into your pictures? I never see anything like them in nature."

"Don't you wish you did, Madam?" he said. It was a sufficient answer. He saw them, even if she did not.

In a similar way, believers in Christ can see many spiritual truths that unbelievers simply cannot recognize. When we are born again, the indwelling Holy Spirit gives us understanding of the "deep things of God" (1 Cor. 2:10). With the help of the Spirit, we can apprehend the truths of the Word of God and appreciate their beauty and significance. We can see wonderful things in Scripture that are completely unnoticed by those who are spiritually blind.

As you faithfully read and study the Bible, as you listen to trustworthy Bible teachers, and above all as you rely on the Holy Spirit, be thankful that you can understand God's message. Like the psalmist, we should pray, "Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law" (Ps. 119:18). Scriptural insight is available only to those with spiritual eyesight.  — Richard De Haan