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Whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

2Corinthians 4:4

When you are blinded, you cannot see things as they really are, even though others around you see them clearly. You cannotexperience the full reality of all that is around you. You may feelyou are experiencing all that there is to life, yet you may be unawarethat you are missing what God desires for you. You may even be indanger because of your blindness and not know it. Paul warned that the“god of this age” can blind you to the reality of Jesus Christ.Christ’s presence can make a significant difference in your life.

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Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

John3:3

Entering a saving relationship with Christ is a life-changing experience! All things become new! Not some things, but all things (2Cor. 5 :17) . For the first time in your life, Christ is Lord ; God isMaster. When you become a Christian, Christ’s presence will affectevery part of you. You will have new thoughts, new attitudes, newvalues, and new sensitivities. New priorities will dramatically affectyour relationships. You will view everything in your life from a Christlike perspective. 

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Now the Lord had said to Abram, “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land thatI will show you.”

Genesis 12:1

The most dramatic changes in your life will come from God’s initiative, not yours. The people God usedmightily in Scripture were all ordinary people to whom He gave divineassignments that they never could have initiated. The Lord often tookthem by surprise, for they were not seeking significant mandates fromGod. Even so, He saw their hearts, and He knew they were trustworthy.The Lord spoke to Abram when He was beginning to build a nation dedicated to His purposes. 

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And God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but byMy name Lord I was not known to them.”

Exodus 6:2–3

As God has walked with His people through the generations, He has progressively revealedHis nature according to His purposes and the needs of His people.Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob knew Him as God Almighty, because theyneeded His mighty power to protect them from their enemies. Moses andthe Israelites learned that God was Lord, Master over every nation andevery thing. God not only delivered them from the most powerful rulerin the world, but also brought them into the Promised Land. They cameto experience Him as Lord, preeminently powerful over the pagan godsof their day. 

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Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4

Your relationship with God ought to bring you more joy, satisfaction, and pleasure than any other relationship, activity, or material possession you have.Scripture exhorts you to delight yourself in the Lord, finding yourgreatest pleasure in God and the things dear to His heart. How can youfind pleasure in what God enjoys? Only as you spend time with Him willyou begin to take delight in the things God loves. As you spendintimate time with God and allow Him to show you your situation fromHis perspective, you will begin to see things as God sees them. As youadjust yourself to God, your heart will begin to desire the samethings God’s heart desires. 

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