Eyes Wide Open

"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him."    -- 1 Corinthians 2:9

      The vision for “eyes wide open” came from reading this passage from the vantage point of our current condition…our generation whatever, if you will.  The church at Corinth was immersed in an eclectic state of fleshly struggles that, in a frightening way, mirrors our present mode of thinking.  Like them, we’ve arrived at a bizarre place of sensual dependence where everything is predetermined by our humanistic approach to life in general.  But it seems that we’ve taken it a bit further because of our rapid technological achievements with the web, computer graphic imaging, space exploration and medical breakthroughs.  As a result, we’ve aquired a false sense of elitism that entitles us to the mysteries of the universe, the secrets contained in God’s “bag of tricks.”  We actually believe that we have, in a way, peeked up God’s sleeve; that we’ve truly started the process of figuring it all out.  What a crock.  As the song states, “…even with the clues, we haven’t got a clue.”  We haven’t even seen the portholes of Heaven, much less scratched its surface.  We, who cannot “begin to understand what has no beginning,” should rest from our futile attempts at putting eternity in a comprehensible box labeled: “been there, done that”.  It’ll never happen this side of paradise.  But that’s not a bad thing.  All of this should be an encouragement to everyone who believes in the risen Jesus.  Simply put, “this ain’t it”.  There’s so much more waiting for us.  We’ve yet to live…