Helen Keller was a woman suffering from being both blind and deaf. She overcame these handicaps and raised money for the blind through the sale of her books and lectures. She was once asked, “What is worse than being blind?” She quickly responded, “Having sight but not being able to see.”

Jesus questioned His disciples one day by saying, “Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?” (Mark 8:18).

Immediately following His statement, Jesus came to Bethsaida and they brought a blind man to Him. Jesus led this man, by the hand, out of the town, spit on his eyes, put His hands on him, and asked him if he could now see. The blind man looked up and said, “I see men as trees, walking.” Jesus wanted the man to have correct vision so He put His hands on his eyes once more and told him to look up again. This time “he was restored, and saw every man clearly” (Mark 8:23-25). It is interesting to note that He immediately asked His disciples, “Whom do men say that I am?”

He was asking, “How do others see me?” then “What about you? How do you see me?”

How do we see Jesus this morning?

In this season we are in, what do we see? It’s truly a matter of perspective, which is derived from our hearts. Our prayer should become, “Lord give me eyes to see what you see. Give me ears to hear what the Spirit would have me to hear.”

👑 It is interesting to find, “Corona” is derived from a Latin word, which means Crown. In the natural, The Sun’s corona is the outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere. The corona is usually hidden by the bright light of the Sun’s surface, making it difficult to see with the naked eye. However, the corona can be viewed during a total solar eclipse. Think about it, it’s in total darkness, that we’re able to look up and see the Crown of the sun clearly.

In the midst of our unprecedented trial we face at this moment, some people see despair and hopelessness in the midst of darkness, but we must look up…and see The King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, high and lifted up. It’s in the moments of bleakness and despair, when God gives us the opportunity to see His Crown, more than ever before. Again, it is all about, how we view life.

▪️In the Old Testament we recall the story of the twelve spies sent to view the Promised Land. What these twelve spies were able to see was a matter of perspective (how they looked at it). They were told to look at the land (Numbers 13:18). They went and came back to Moses.

Perhaps Moses asked them upon their return “Men, what did you see?” Ten of them said, “There we saw giants…and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight” (13:33). However, two of them boldly stated, “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it” The majority prevailed and wanted to stone the minority. The difference in the report of the two groups can be found in their perspective. The majority saw their abilities, and the giants. The minority saw above the giants to see God was bigger. Ten said, “We cannot” and two said, “We can.”

▪️It was the same with David and Goliath. The Israelites saw how small they were but David saw how big His God was. He proclaimed, “Is there not a cause?” (1 Samuel 17:29).

▪️Elijah — reached the place where he cried out to God, “I am all alone.” That was what he saw. However, God said, “I’ve still got 7000 that have not bowed their knee to Baal” (1 Kings 19:14,18).

Can You See The Crown this morning? I’m talking about the Crown of the one who’s throne there is no end. We mustn’t forget in this season we are in, it is the darkest just before dawn. Think about the darkness, which sat upon the earth on a midday moment of history, when our Lord went to the Cross. All the world sat in total darkness, yet He was about to do His greatest work the world had ever seen…Hold fast dear people, The Lord is going to show Himself strong…keep looking up toward the SON!

Blessings,🙏🏻

JDS