The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 2 Corinthians 4:4
Most loving and present Jesus, I thank you for the gift of another day. Please fill my gaze with your beauty… my mind with your truth… and my heart with more of the gospel—much more of the gospel.
If the main strategy of the kingdom of darkness is to keep unbelievers in the dark about the gospel of your glory and grace, why would I think evil would choose some other tactic for believers? So, as I pray for my unbelieving friends today, I also pray for myself.
Jesus, reveal more and more of the gospel to me—more and more of who you really are… more and more of what you’ve already accomplished by your life, death and resurrection… more and more of what you’re continuing to do in your commitment to make all things new… more and more of what it’s going to be like to live with you, and the whole family of God, in the new heaven and new earth. Show me… convince me… dazzle me… change me… and then show me more.
Don’t let me frame any notion of God apart from you, for you are the very image of God—God incarnate. Don’t let me read any part of the Bible without thinking about you. Don’t let me—for everything written about you in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled (Luke 24:44). Don’t let me desert you by turning to some other gospel—which is really no gospel at all (Galatians 1:6).
As the gospel is producing fruit and growing all over the world, so may it enlarge my heart and bring forth fruit to your glory (Colossians 1:6).
Jesus, if you’ve moved me from blindness to a 20/200 vision of the gospel… take me on to 20/100 then 20/50 then 20/20 then 20/15 until the day I see you with glorified eyes. In that Day, I will see you as you are and I will be like you (1 John 3:2). Hallelujah! By the light of this hope, I surrender to your purposes for this day. So very Amen, I pray, in your peerless name.
