John Pt. 2 - Week 8

The self-satisfied attitude of “we see” is deadly. We comfort ourselves in our ability to “see” the sin of the world. “We see” that Jesus Christ is the answer. “We see” moral problems. “We see” the ethical answers. We focus on what we think we see but never really see into our hearts. It is so easy to focus on our piety or the changes in our habits and speech, but while we congratulate ourselves, we allow evil to spread unrestricted in our souls. The ground of seeing and spiritual growth is the awareness of how dark our hearts are and how desperately we need Christ!…The way of seeing is essentially a willingness to admit we are blind and naked and hungry.Kent Hughes