SEEING THE UNSEEN

Despite losing her sight since childhood, the spirit of Fanny Crosby, a writer of thousands of spiritual songs, composer, and poet from America, did not waver. In fact, she was able to overcome her limitations by creating many hymns of praise that became a blessing to many believers, one of which is the hymn Blessed Assurance. Losing the ability to see physically did not make Fanny give up on continuing to strive and believe in Christ. Fanny was able to see what was unseen by her.

That morning, the servant of Prophet Elisha woke up as usual and went out of Elisha's house. How surprised and scared he was, it turned out that around the house of Prophet Elisha in Dothan was already surrounded by a very large army of the Aramean kingdom. The king of Aram was very eager to capture Prophet Elisha. At the instruction of Prophet Elisha, the king of Israel repeatedly escaped from the assassination attempts by the trusted men of the king of Aram. Of course, Elisha's servant was very afraid to see the strength of the Aramean army surrounding them. Therefore, Prophet Elisha prayed for the Lord to open the eyes of his servant. Indeed, now he could see what was previously unseen, namely the Divine army with their chariots. It turned out that the Aramean army surrounding the residence of Prophet Elisha was no match for the army of God surrounding them.

Sometimes we are easily influenced by circumstances and situations that seem so heavy that they press us down, making us weak and desperate to face them. That's the moment when we need to pray like Prophet Elisha, "Open my eyes, Lord, so that I may see!" Realize and remember that the presence of Christ far surpasses the pressing situation we are facing. --DSK/www.renunganharian.net