close the gap

Yesterday I made a pair of eyeglasses for a friend. He thinks they look really good on him. His wife thinks they make him look great. I think they look good on him to. It's funny how in America we are so concerned with how glasses make us look. In the past I have sold many pairs of eyeglasses without prescription lenses in them just because people thought they looked better while wearing a certain type frame. Others choose to wear contact lenses instead of eyeglasses all because they think they it makes them look better.

In the places outside the USA that I have traveled to most people just want to see. That's all, they just want to see. I have a picture of an elderly lady in Haiti I'm guessing she is in her eighties. I made her a pair of eyeglasses in this big ugly black frame. She didn't care how the glasses made her look.... she cared about being able to see. I have a picture of her smiling from ear to ear while wearing this rather unattractive looking frame. She looks beautiful even though the glasses don't. She is content with just having the power she needs to see clearly with. To her, her wants are her needs and they have been met and this makes her smile. She is so wise.

In America when you go to the Eye doctor to get an exam, most practices will have a technician who will do some basic pre-testing before you see the doctor. Because of this pre-testing before you even get in to see the doctor he already knows what power you NEED to see clearly. After the doctor comes in they will usually perform more tests. One of these tests involves a piece of equipment called a phoropter. This machine contains many different lens powers and the doctor will say to you "Do you see better with 1 or 2" and he continues to change the lenses until you determine what power you CHOOSE to see with. When a patient chooses the power that the eye needs its a "NO-BRAINER" the doctor simply writes down the prescription and knows you will see things clearly. If a patient CHOOSES a power that is many steps different than what they NEED it creates a dilemma . What prescription should the doctor write now? I have seen many patients insist they see better with a power far different than what they need. When we make eyeglasses for this type of patient it almost always results in the patient coming back at a later date complaining that the eyeglasses aren't working out for them.
I've had patients where we've remade their eyeglasses 5 or 6 times because they just keep choosing a power they don't need. Sometimes they want more power than they need, this is especially true of nearsighted people, and other times they choose some power way less than what they need.

In much the same way.......
Our Heavenly Father knows what we NEED before we even ask Him.( Matt. 6 v.8 )
If we CHOOSE the power that God knows we NEED ..... its again a "NO- BRAINER" and we will see things as we should. But when we CHOOSE a power other than the power we NEED ...... who knows how we will end up seeing or viewing things. How many times when we choose a power other than Gods do we come back later complaining to Him that life just isn't working out. Sometimes when we are being myoptic we also choose to want more power than we need. Only to find out later after obtaining to much power and receiving everything we should not have desired our vision becomes distorted and our viewing of life corrupted. Other times we settle for so much less power than what is available to us. We view ourselves as weak and helpless in situations when in fact We ARE God's workmanship, we ARE heirs to the kingdom of heaven, we HAVE in us the power that raises the dead and we just refuse to see it.

So I ask you "How are things looking in your life? Are you seeing things through God's eyes ?" Balance out the power you want with the power you need and you too will see life as God has intended it. Close the gap between your wants and your needs ....close the gap.

Be the miracle you are,
bryan