Lesson of the horse mask

Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way.—Psalm 119:37

Not far from where my husband and I live is a farm with a lot of horses. During certain seasons, some of the horses have masks over their eyes. For a long time I felt sorry for the horses who weren’t allowed to see. But then I learned that my assumption about the masks was wrong. The masks are made of mesh, so horses can see through them. But flies, which cause eye disease, can’t get through them. The masks don’t keep the horses from seeing; they keep them from going blind!

Non-Christians often make conclusions about the Bible similar to the one I made about the mask. They think of it as something God puts over our eyes to keep us from seeing all the fun we could be having. They feel sorry for Christians because they think the Lord keeps us from enjoying life. What I didn’t know about the horse mask, they don’t know about the Bible. It doesn’t keep us from seeing all that is good; it keeps us from being infected by lies that cause spiritual blindness. The Bible doesn’t keep us from enjoying life; it makes true enjoyment possible.

The Bible doesn’t keep us from knowing truth; it prevents us from believing lies.        — Julie Ackerman Link

O send Thy Spirit,

Lord, now unto me

That He may touch

my eyes and make me see;

Show me the truth concealed

within Thy Word,

And in Thy Book revealed

I see Thee, Lord.

                                       —Lathbury

READ: Psalm 119:33-40

When we see the world through

the filter of the Word, we learn

the truth about both.