I trust in You !!

Lift up Your Eyes

Do you not say, “There are still four months and then comes the harvest”? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!
John 4:35


While Jesus was speaking to the woman at the well in Sychar, the disciples went to get some food. When they returned, they were, as usual, surprised. Jesus had broken all the social and religious rules by speaking to a Samaritan woman, and a loose one at that. The disciples had responded to their hunger pangs while Jesus had responded to the Spirit and remained at the well. His food was to do the will of the Father.

Jesus asks the disciples to lift their eyes and look at the harvest fields. “You say there are four more months until harvest time, but I say the harvest is ripe now.” What is Jesus really saying? He is saying that if we seek His kingdom firs and are led by the Spirit, there will always be possibilities, harvests and breakthroughs around us. But if we allow circumstances and carnal needs to lead us, we will miss what God has planned for us.

The disciples focused on their needs and, thereby, focused on their problems. This is why they saw the harvest four months off, just as it was in the natural. But Jesus moves in the supernatural realm where it is always harvest time. In the world of the Spirit, there is no lack, no unsatisfied needs. Therefore, we must open our spiritual eyes. Then we will see what no one else can see.

We live among negative, pessimistic, problem-focused people who identify with all the needs and lack around them. Jesus reacted differently. He saw what the Father showed Him and this was a greater reality than what He saw with His physical eyes. Jesus wanted His disciples to see with their spiritual eyes. And He desires the same for you.


Prayer

I thank You, God, for opening my spiritual eyes so I can see all the possibilities around me. Help me to seize these opportunities. In Jesus’ name. Amen.