Open the eyes of my heart

The Word for today: 
Ephesians 1:15-23

mark this: Ephesians 1:18-20

If you approach the Bible skeptically, with a closed heart, its meaning is closed to you. So Paul, the author of Ephesians, prayed that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened (Epesians 1:18).

Some people say they have "intellectual reservations" about the Bible. What they really have are unwilling hearts--unwilling to change their sinful lives. Should a person be willing to turn from sin, his so-called intellectual reservations would vanish.

On the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:25-32) after His resurrection, Jesus encountered two travelers. He called them "Fools, slow of heart to believe in all the prophets have spoken." They weren't foolish and ignorant of scripture because their minds were slow, but because their hearts were slow.

Then Jesus delivered the greatest Bible lesson ever heard:
Beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

After Jesus departed from them, the two travelers asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?"

Your Bible reveals itself through the "eyes" of the heart. If you read it respectfully, with a heart willing to heed its message, God will reveal Jesus to you throughout the Old Testament and the New Testament. He's the key which will unlock Scripture to unlocked hearts. 

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