Eyes Wide Open

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Hello, my friend… come with me today. This is By God's Call — day 107, Eyes Wide Open.

"Then Elisha prayed and said, 'O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.' So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha." 2 Kings 6:17.

Picture the scene. Elisha's servant gets up early in the morning, steps outside, and sees the whole city surrounded. Horses. Chariots of war. A great Syrian army, sent specifically to capture Elisha, ringing the city on every side. And he runs to the prophet in a panic, crying out, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?"

Notice that his fear isn't foolishness or some easy failure of faith. It is pure reason. What his eyes were seeing was real, it was terrifying, and humanly speaking, there was no way out. Any one of us, in the same spot, would feel the exact same tightening in our chest.

But even before he prays, Elisha already answers with a calm that doesn't make sense at first glance: "Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them." And look closely — Elisha wasn't denying the danger. He didn't say, "there's no army out there at all." He was seeing a reality the servant couldn't see yet. Elisha's peace didn't come from ignoring the facts; it came from seeing more facts than the servant's natural eyes could show him.

And then Elisha does something beautiful: he prays. But notice who he asks the vision for. Not for himself — he could already see. He prays so the servant can see what he himself already knew to be true: "LORD, open his eyes that he may see." And the LORD opens them. And the young man looks, and sees the whole mountain full of horses and chariots of fire, surrounding Elisha.

God's army was already there. Before the prayer. Before the fear. Before any of it. The servant's eyes simply couldn't see it on their own. It took God Himself opening those eyes. And that tells me something profound: there are spiritual realities present in your life right now — God's protection, His presence, the resources He has already prepared — that you simply cannot yet see with your own eyes.

My friend, maybe you are living through a morning like that servant's. Surrounded. Afraid. Seeing only the army coming against you — the bill that doesn't add up, the diagnosis that frightens you, the conflict that seems to have no way out. And your eyes, on their own, can only see the siege. But the mountain around you may already be full of horses and chariots of fire you simply cannot see yet.

Faith is not pretending the enemy's army doesn't exist. It is asking God to open your eyes to the greater army that is already there.

So today, facing whatever frightens you — whatever it is — pray the same prayer Elisha prayed for his servant. Don't ask for the problem to vanish. Ask: "Lord, open my eyes to see what is already surrounding me." And wait. He will show you.

Stay close to God. Pray — then act. I'll see you tomorrow, my friend.