Faith-Myopia/Near-Sightedness

Dear Diary,

#Near-Sightedness #Far-Sightedness

Hey diary, you remember sometime early 2015, April to be precise it was quite a sunny afternoon- my eyes hurt! For some weeks, objects in the distant appeared blurry! I decided to check in at Optica to buy sun glasses so as to protect my eyes from the extreme sun. I spoke to the attendant and she suggested I first see an opthalmologist to be sure I don’t have any eye complications. I indulged and went through the usual eye examination then she pronounced me to be mildly near-sighted. I asked her to explain what that meant and the implications. She told me that short/near-sighted is a condition of the eye where light focuses in front of the retina causing causes distant objects to be blurry while close objects appear normal. Hehe, I sort of panicked and asked her some petty questions-I was particularly worried about going blind or something! She prescribed I wear glasses. April 2015 to today I have worn glasses Fast-forward, on December date twenty something I lost my glasses for the first time and I was depressed! I want to see far! I told myself I can do without them. Sure, I can! But I still visited Baus and go another pair!

What’s my point? Hellen Keller is quoted to have said/written, ‘The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” I add to her sentiments, the only thing worse than being blind is having sight but #Faith-Myopia! Recently, I have been involved with some people who don’t seem to see past their immediate surroundings. They don’t see the bigger picture; rather, they focus almost exclusively on the immediate. Spiritually, #Faith-Myopia victims tend to view God's truth through the lens of their own circumstances as opposed to viewing their circumstances through the lens of God's truth. Faith-myopia tends to view God’s truth through the tinted, blue or pink-colored lenses, they lack spiritual discernment. They walk in darkness, rather than in God's light.

If you are a Christians as I, we ought to be farsighted i.e., focused on the distant goal that lies before us, Philippians 3:13-14; 2 Cor 4:16-18. On the flip-side, we also ought to be focused on today, i.e., by not being excessively worried about tomorrow’s vanities. Allow God to take care of your immediate circumstances without losing focus on the main goal. Refuse #Faith-Myopia. See the distant future through faith lenses.

Yours faithful scribbler,

Nzaku Nashipae