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Perfect Sight by Dr. Stephanie Young
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t is the year 2020, and you may hear adults around
I am talking about looks past our physical eyes into
you talking about having 20/20 vision. There are
our “faith” eyes.
new goals and messages being written to inspire
Jesus has given us spiritual sight. 2 Corinthians
people to have a clearer vision for this year. What does
5:7 says, “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” You
it mean to have 20/20 vision or 20/20 eyesight? 20/20
may hear pastors say that many times and ask what
vision, in simple words, means that you have perfect
that means. Does it mean that I shouldn’t see what
vision and do not need glasses or contacts to help you
is around me? No, not exactly. If we trust God only
see better.
by what we can physically see now, we are not really seeing who He is. I think about it in this way: my own vision without my glasses is blurry. I sometimes squint and have a hard time reading. I get tired of trying to read and give up if I can’t find my glasses close by. What if I had that kind of vision or goal for my life? What if I looked at it blurrily, got tired, and gave up? I am trusting in my own blurry, fuzzy outlook and not using the tools (my glasses) that God blessed me with to see more clearly. The tool that He has given us for 20/20 vision is His word, the Bible!
I wear glasses and have done so for the past four
I encourage you to use it every day, like you do your
years. Some of us have been wearing glasses since
toothbrush. Read just a few sentences, and it will help
childhood, while others did not start until we became
your vision. God will help you see things in a way you
adults. Vision is very important so that we can get a
may not have before. Try it today and SEE where you
picture of what is around us, but what happens if we take
are this time next month.
our glasses off? What if we were born without vision at
Here’s to 2020!
all? Does that mean we can’t have perfect sight? physical way, then the answer would be yes. What
8 // April 2020
About The Author
Well, when you think about it in the most basic,
Dr. Stephanie Young is an educator with 22 years experience in the public and private sector. She has worked in various parts of ministry, but most closely with marriage ministry alongside her husband, Theodore Young Jr.
