Spiritual Perceiving (9)

When Jesus began his ministry, he read of Isaiah 61:1-2.

The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me…
to proclaim recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18-19).

The Holy Spirit anointed Jesus to restore the sights of the blind. He confirmed this by opening the eyes of those who are physically blind. However,the promise is much broader than this. All humans had been blind since the fall. They could not see into the spiritual realms. This is a serious defect, because it means that we can only see a small part of reality. It makes spiritual warfare difficult, because we cannot see what we are up against.

Jesus came to open the eyes of hearts so that we could see into the spiritual realms by faith. When he began his ministry, the evil spirits began to cry out in his presence. The anointing of the Spirit on him caused them to expose themselves and the people began to see the work of the forces of evil much more clearly.

The anointing of the Spirit on our lives can assist us with spiritual warfare. We need Jesus to open our spiritual blind eyes to see what we are up against.