There are so many things that appeal to our eyes. Glittering, shiny, curvy, sexy, sleek things that are all eye candy. This world seems bent on making sure we SEE everything it has to offer.
But Scripture seems to hold blindness in high regard. Paul said that Christians don't need to worry about sight in 2 Corinthians 5:7 because we walk by faith instead.
I think it is a lot like all those other paradoxes in Scripture...you know, like whoever loses his life will find it or the first shall be last. Until we are blind to this world we will never be able to really see what Jesus wants us to see.
The apostle Paul experienced this. Before he became a Christ follower, he was a Christ hater. He despised and murdered Christ followers. But he was blinded by the very one he was seeking to destroy every last follower of.
Jesus revealed himself to Saul (the apostle Paul) in absolute brilliant light. And Saul became blind as a result. But then Christ helped the scales to fall off of his eyes and he saw everything differently from then on.
In our eye-friendly times that we live, being blinded by the brilliant glory of Jesus could be the best thing to ever happen to us. Maybe that should be our prayer. "Lord, help me not see."
We don't need to see ANYTHING but Jesus. Everything else is blurred trash. We need to focus only on Jesus...that is the only thing we need to see to navigate this increasingly difficult life. I think that is what the author of Hebrews was getting at...spiritually-induced blindness.
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