DEVOTION
EHESIANS
ENLIGHTENED
Eph 1:18-19
18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe.
NIV
To have the eyes of my heart enlightened! Now there is a great thing. I supposed the opposite of being enlightened would be to be in the dark or dim without understanding. How could anyone travel through the course of life in that state? I know the first portion of my life was and how sad that is. Looking back it was such a waste of too many years of pursuing all the wrong things. Too many years of being mad at what I thought was organized religion, but in reality it was anger toward God. Anger that he allowed me to be treated the way I had been as a child. Too many years of being hurt and shutting myself up internally, closing myself off from anything or anyone who might cause more pain inside of me and simply put I was in the dark. But praise be to God, I have had my heart exposed to the light. It has been opened and enlighten so I may know this hope to which I have been called. I now know the riches of his glorious inheritance. I now know I have eternal life and I also know I have a life here filled with his glorious riches. I am a blessed man. I have all I will ever need, physically, emotionally, and most of all spiritually. How can I not believe in his incomparably great power for me because I believe? It is such an incredible life, he has guided me in. He has done so much for me, in me and through me I am amazed at times, yet I am not because he is God. I am so grateful, so thankful because I am enlightened.