Our Own Eyes

Deuteronomy 29:2-3 Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them:
Your eyes have seen all that the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials and to all his land. 3 With your own eyes you saw those great trials, those signs and great wonders.

     Sometimes we get the privilege of seeing something monumental, historic, foundational. We are there and we see it with our own eyes. And it changes our perspective on life.
     I remember when Americans first landed and then walked on the Moon. I still have the newspaper from that day with the headlines and the pictures. I didn't become an astronaut. But it gave me a pride in our county that endures to this day. Not a blind trust, but a pride that we could rise above our differences and accomplish almost anything.
     The Israelites as they were getting ready to enter the Promised Land are reminded by Moses their leader that they had seen with their own eyes the things the LORD did for them in delivering them out of slavery. They had seen it but they still had not comprehended its importance. They saw it, but they didn't understand its meaning.
     How many times do things happen right now in our lives and we don't see the long term affect they will have on us. We miss it. I think that is why older people tend to become more retrospective. They think about their lives and the choices they made. It finally hits them.
     Maybe we could become a people who think before we act. We could become a people who actively choose obedience rather than falling into disobedience. We look ahead into the future and imagine the outcome of possible decisions BEFORE we act. Now that would be a choice worth making.
     So let's start today. Let's not wait until another bad choice has happened before we turn ourselves around. Allow the LORD to open your heart and mind to His will. He will enable us to see what He is doing right now so that our choices reflect reality rather than our own contrived fantasy.