Ephesians 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Do we only want to see what we want to see and in doing that fail to see what the Lord is showing us?

Scriptures tell us what to look for in our enlightened vision. Do we understand that or do we only look to our own interests?

Psalm 37:4 Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

We want the desires of our hearts and ignore the opening of our eyes in taking delight in the Lord. We treat the Lord like a “Where’s Waldo” picture, hunting all over trying to find his image in a frantic hunt. Not so with God, He tells you where to look and what to look for.

Or do we seek the Lord in the same way we shop for a car. Too costly, too small, wrong color, doesn’t have all the bells and whistles, and with that keep looking until we find exactly what we want.

John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Psalm 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

The Word is transformative, to make us like Him and not what we would choose to become. We failed in that before we knew the Lord, so why would continue that kind of thinking?