The Upper Room 29 March 2022 Daily Devotional || Tuesday Message
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20/20 vision
Carlos Vázquez (Florida, USA)
TODAY’S READING
Psalm 16:5-11
The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. – Matthew 6:22 (NRSV)
The Upper Room 29 March 2022 Daily Devotional MESSAGE
In the COVID-19 world of social distancing, officers at our correctional facility have gotten creative in the games they devise for inmates. The latest contest involved competitive vision tests. I was happy to learn the winner was an inmate in my cellblock.
I went to congratulate him and noticed he was sad. He told me of his eagerness to be released and see his family. To my surprise, he opened up about his life and the events that had led him here. I asked him to join me in a prayer. When we finished, I encouraged him to take heart in the words of Revelation 3:20: “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in.” I invited him to the worship service in the chapel that evening.
Back in my cell, I paused to reflect. My neighbor reminded me that we can be blessed with 20/20 eyesight and still fail to “see” the obstacles that keep us from God. Luckily, God is steadfast and patient. When we place our trust in our Savior, the Holy Spirit opens our spiritual eyes to see the path that God has laid before us, always leading toward our good.
TODAY’S PRAYER
All-knowing God, give us eyes to see you clearly and the people you have given us to love. Empower us, Holy Spirit, that we may be faithful and encourage others. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
When the way forward is unclear, God can open my eyes to hope.
PRAYER FOCUS
Correctional officers
The Upper Room 29 March 2022 Daily Devotional Message. The Upper Room is a daily devotional magazine published in more than 30 languages and 100 countries around the world. The daily meditations are written by readers of the magazine and others interested in sharing their faith experiences through writing—both laity and clergy, published authors and new writers. The meditations are stories of real people working to live faithfully with the Bible as their touchstone. Every day, readers of The Upper Room around the world read the same story in many different languages and pray the same prayer together. Read More