Lord, Open My Eyes

Life has a way of surrounding us. Not just physically, but mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. You can be surrounded by bills, bad news, broken relationships, and unanswered prayers. You can be in a crowded room and still feel alone. You can know the promises of God and still be overwhelmed by fear.

That’s where Elisha’s servant found himself in 2 Kings 6:15–17. He woke up early one morning to discover their city surrounded by an enemy army. Horses. Chariots. Weapons. Threats. No backup. No way out.

Panicked, he turned to Elisha and said, “Alas, my master! how shall we do?”

Sound familiar? We’ve all asked that question:

• What do we do now?
• How are we going to get through this?
• Where is God?

But Elisha didn’t flinch. He didn’t plead or panic. He didn’t even ask for deliverance.

He simply prayed: “Lord, open his eyes.”

And in that moment, everything changed. Not because the army disappeared. Not because the danger went away. But because the servant saw differently.

When Fear Takes Over Vision

Fear is deceptive. It grabs onto what we see and convinces us that what we see is all there is.

• We see the diagnosis and forget the Healer.
• We see the bills and forget the Provider.
• We see the storm and forget who’s in the boat.

Fear magnifies the temporary. Faith reveals the eternal.

Paul said in 2 Corinthians 1 that they were “pressed out of measure, above strength.” In other words, completely overwhelmed. But then he said something powerful: “That we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead.”

Even when the pressure was unbearable, the answer wasn’t escape; it was a shift in vision.

The Miracle Is Already There

Elisha didn’t pray for God to send help. He prayed for the servant to see the help that was already there.

And when God opened his eyes, the servant saw the mountain full of horses and chariots of fire, heaven’s army, already surrounding them.

We often pray, “God, change this.” But what if God is saying, “Look again. I’m already working.”

Sometimes the miracle we need is not a dramatic rescue, but a divine revelation.

When Seeing Differently Changed Everything

Throughout the Bible, moments of breakthrough come when people stop focusing on the problem and start seeing the presence of God:

• Peter walked on water; until he looked at the storm.
• Hagar thought she and her son would die; until God opened her eyes to a well that had been there all along.
• Mary wept at the empty tomb; until she realized Jesus was standing right behind her.
• The three Hebrew boys were thrown into the fire; but they knew they weren’t alone.
• David faced Goliath without fear; because he saw more than a giant; he saw a God who fights for His people.

What made the difference? Not the problem, but their perspective.

You Are Not Alone

Maybe you’re in a season right now where you feel surrounded. Maybe life feels like too much. Maybe you’ve prayed and cried and questioned. You’re not wrong for feeling that way. The fear is real. The pain is real.

But so is God.

He has not left you.

He has not forgotten you.

You may not see the answer yet. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t already on the mountain.

Lord, Open My Eyes

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, pray what Elisha prayed.

“Lord, open my eyes.”

Open my eyes to see that You’re with me.

Open my eyes to see that I’m not alone.

Open my eyes to the provision You’ve already placed in my life.

Open my eyes so I stop living by what I see and start walking by what I know.

Because even when I don’t see it; You’re working.