Do You Have a Blind Spot?

I have Scotoma (pronounced skuh-tow-muh). No, it is not some type of vehicle, it is the medical term for a visual field abnormality commonly called a blind spot. You have one also.  Every eye has a blind spot in the visual field where the optic nerve enters the eye, because there are no photoreceptors at that location. This blind spot is completely normal and is usually not noticeable in typical daily life.

Mine often occurs when I am writing. It is a sphere in which I have no vision. It is like laying a quarter on the page obscuring what is behind it. I can see most of a page, but it has a sphere in which there is nothing. I don’t know why but if I take a drink of water my vision fully returns.

We all have an emotional blindspot. Put simply, they are emotions that we haven’t completely dealt with. We simply can’t see how a certain thing or thought can be true. It may be a significant truth we can’t accept as true.

Those who have a spiritual blind spot can gain a better perspective on the issue if they take a drink from the pool of the Living Water, Jesus. To get a good insight regarding your blindspot get Jesus’ perspective of the issue.

To paraphrase, “Thy Word have I hid in my heart that it might give insight to my blindspot.”

There is an old hymn that may take some people back to a small country church. It was by Clara H. Scott, published in 1895. The lyrics are still applicable.

“Open my eyes that I may see
Glimpses of truth Thou hast for me;
Place in my hands the wonderful key
That shall unclasp and set me free.
Silently now I wait for Thee,
Ready, my God, Thy will to see;
Open my eyes….”

Apply the principles in the following text to yourself by inserting “my heart” for “your heart.”

“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints…” (Ephesians 1:18).

Upon gaining spiritual insight to deal with your spiritual blind spot you can say with the blind Bible character healed by Jesus: “whereas I was blind, now I see.” (John 9: 25).

Is there a spiritual, or social, or political, or moral issue regarding which you have a blind spot? Take a deep drink of Living Water and ask Jesus to help you to see it from His perspective.