IF ONLY WE COULDN’T SEE

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)

During a recent work retreat, my boss shared a clip from the movie Facing the Giants. In the scene, the Eagles football team was sitting on the practice field grumbling about an upcoming game. They were feeling defeated and their most influential player was convinced their next opponent was too good for them to beat. In response to this doubt, the coach blindfolded the player and asked him to complete a 20-yard death crawl with a fellow player on his back.

As the player blindly crawled down the field, the coach encouraged him to keep going one step at a time until, unknown to the player, he crawled the entire length of the field. Something strange happened. The player’s state of blindness allowed him to go beyond what he thought he was capable of doing.

As I watched the clip, I began to think about what would happen in the lives of believers if only we could not see. Sight is good and sight is a gift, but I’m caused to ponder how much the blessing of sight limits our potential in God.

Is the comfort and safety in the things we see a hindrance to us reaching our God-defined potential? I believe in seeing we become aware of the dangers of pursuing our God-sized dreams thereby giving fear a chance to slip in and challenge our faith.

But imagine what our lives could be if we fearlessly allowed God to put the blindfold over our eyes and guide our lives. Oh, the places we could go if only we couldn’t see!

God, please do not let my sight blind me in my pursuit of Your destiny for my life.

© 2019 Dawn M. Wayman