Ephesians 1:18 English Standard Version (ESV) having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

Be cautious about what you see here. We can get so involved with seeing our calling and understanding His inheritance that we overlook the issues of the eyes of our hearts. These eyes are enlightened by the presence of the Holy Spirit to the change of heart that has taken place.

Ezekiel 36:26 English Standard Version (ESV) And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

The desires of this new heart are vastly different from those of the old dead person that was baptized into the death of Christ. Being born again into His resurrected life is a concept our minds have trouble visualizing. That is why the passage says eyes of the heart, not eyes of the mind.

The issue of the stone heart is one of stubborn self-interest, one of rebellion. Having a changed heart means it is willing if not eager to obey God’s calling in our lives.

Up until the point in time when we accepted Christ’s Lordship, we made our own way in the world. We made all the decisions by whatever standards we were willing to accept in our rational minds. Our hearts looked to self-interest. For many, if it felt good we did it. For some of us that lifestyle brought consequences that resulted in an earnest desire for change. We became unhappy with the results of our decisions.

Seeing with this new heart is not instinctual. We have to get to know that heart in order to understand what it is capable of seeing.