“Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” (John 8:56)

WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO. If all that a person can see is the status quo, he will never rise above it, and unfortunately, that is about all that most people can see (or at least all that they make the effort to see). What “is” can be seen by nearly anybody, but what “ought to be” takes extra vision. It is only by perceiving invisible TRUTHS and PRINCIPLES that we come to understand what our OBLIGATIONS are.

WHAT WE OUGHT TO HOPE FOR. The external appearances of present reality can be very discouraging, and those who can see only what is happening at the present moment are often prone to depression. We have to discipline ourselves and develop our vision to look outside of ourselves and our private discouragements. If we have the eyes to see, there are great and wonderful things to hope for.

WHAT WE OUGHT TO BELIEVE. The Jewish patriarchs were people who could see, by faith, the reality of some things that had not yet arrived. “These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth” (Hebrews 11:13). The vision of FAITH is the best of all!

We don’t think about our “vision” often enough, and when we do think about it, we often restrict it to things of a worldly nature. In business, we may have a vision of how much our company could grow. At home, we may visualize the dream house that we’d like to build. But what about matters of the heart and of the spirit? When you look at your own inner person, do you see what you COULD be as well as what you ARE? When you look at your relationship with God, do you see only PROBLEMS or can you also see some POSSIBILITIES? When you look in your heart of hearts, WHAT CAN YOU SEE?

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