When I was in college and driving home with friends for the holidays someone asked if any of us ever wondered where all these other people in their cars were going. I'd never thought about that before! Isn't it a great question? Where are they all going? I'd always seen just cars and never thought of the person behind the wheel or what their goals or intentions were. Were they happy, sad, lonely, or lost?
This morning, while in my car again, a song came on the radio that I'd heard many times before, but it struck me in a new way today. The song is by Brandon Heath - Give Me Your Eyes.
Here are the words to the chorus:
"Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken-hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see"
He describes two people who are struggling and are embarrassed. My heart ached when I listened to these words because I know there are so many people hurting that need to know God loves them. They need someone to acknowledge their existence and their pain, and to give them hope.
We can be so busy with our own lives that we are blinded to those that are right in front of us - just like I'd never seen behind the windshield of all those cars and never even asked myself where they might be going.
If we want to be used by our Father, we need to take these words to heart and ask God to give us His eyes. But, even if He gives us that perspective, we still have to be willing to slow down, or stop, and look around us, to look into the eyes of a stranger, and truly see what God sees. We have to look beyond the surface and not allow ourselves to be distracted by beauty or ugliness or deformity or our own discomfort. Take the Lord's eyes and look into their heart, care about them, and desire to help and share God's love with them in a unique way that they can receive (the Holy Spirit will reveal this to you if you ask for it, are patient, and trust and let Him lead you).
People are everywhere and so if we follow the leading of the Holy Spirit we have no excuse not to make a difference today. Will you give it a try?
Father, please be with us as we get out of our comfort zone. Lead us by the Holy Spirit to those who are open to your love. Help us be kind and help us care. Help us make a difference today and all year long!
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