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 Psalms 119:18 – “Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.”

On a recent trip to the United Kingdom, we took trains to and from London to Norwich and Wales. I also took the train to Gatwick Airport to fly to Scotland for a ministry appointment. We utilized the London underground for most of our travel across the city. On each of the trains we heard the following announcement at each station. “If you see something that doesn’t feel right, speak to staff or text the British Transport Police, we will sort it. See it, Say it, Sorted.” This is the British safety campaign to help keep the travelers safe on the trains.  The details of the campaign are as follows: 

·      We’re asking rail passengers and people who use railway stations to help keep themselves and others safe by reporting unusual items or activity on the railway.

·      We’ve all got a role to play in keeping the rail network safe, and we rely on you to be our eyes and ears.

We heard the phrase “see it, say it, sorted” numerous times while we traveled to minister throughout the United Kingdom. 

In Psalms 119:18 the Psalmist writes, “Open my eyes.” My prayer is open our eyes that we might see the wonderous things the Lord has planned for us. God has more for us than we realize. The Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 3:20, “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.” 

We must see by faith. Faith has vision. This is not natural vision. Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” This is seeing through the eyes of the Spirit. We see it through our faith. Hebrews 11:3 says, “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. J. Oswald Sanders, “Faith enables the believing soul to treat the future as present, and the invisible as seen.”

Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible.

Doubt sees the obstacles; faith sees the way. 

Doubt sees the darkest night; faith sees the day. 

Doubt dreads to take a step; faith soars on high. 

Doubt questions, “Who believes?” Faith answers, “I”!

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