SIGHT
Do you know: Apart from two senses of sight (viz. color and brightness) there is a third sense that has popped up – Dimension.
Sense of sight is very important. You might have read how Jesus healed the two blind men on His way to Jerusalem (Mat 20:34), blind beggar Bartimaeus receiving his sight (Mark 10:52), incident at Bethsaida (Mark 8:25) and the most wonderful of all - healing the man who was born blind (John 9:7). Did you notice all of them testified Jesus and followed Him.
Being blessed with sight, have we testified God or are we guilty about them (John 9:41)? Like Balaam – whose spiritual eyes were opened to see God’s warning (Numb 22:31). Let’s open our spiritual eyes and overcome our spiritual blindness.
HEARING
Do you know: Sense of hearing disciplines our life because we learn a lot of things by hearing. It improves our communication (both verbal and non verbal) and language.
Jesus says he who has ears listen to me (Mat 13:9). He wants us to hear His words and have faith. Faith is believing the unseen. Romans 10:17 says: Faith comes from hearing and hearing the word of God. For His words will not fail to do what He has planned for it (Isaiah 55:11)
There is an incident in II Chr 34:14-33, where Shaphan reads the book of the law of the Lord to king Josiah. When the king heard the book being read, he tore his clothes, wept, repented, humbled himself before God and prayed. Not only that, he made all the people in his country hear the word of God and made them serve the Lord.
Every Sunday God’s words are being read to us and God’s message is passed on. Are we hearing that with our spiritual ears and responding the way we are supposed to? If not let’s start doing it now and also make others hear His words.
TASTE
Do you know: Taste is a chemical sense which can sense sweet, salt, sour, bitter and now umami (an amino acid glutamate) which is found in meat and in artificial flavorings.
O taste and see that the Lord is good (Ps 34:8). All of us know this verse but have we ever thought whether we have ever tasted God? Take a moment to think about this. We all would have tasted God in one way or the other. Its through His love and mercy that we taste Him. We all are created with some kind of problem in this world for which God helps us to endure it through His love and mercy. King David sings these words of praise after he had endured the bad times in his life. Remember we all have a battle to fight with and God will fight that battle for us and give us victory.
Taste, food and hunger are inter-related to each other. It changes certain situation of life. It changed the life of Jacob (Gen 27), Israelites (Manna & quail – Ex 16:1), Jonathan (I Sam 14:43), Daniel (Dan 1:8-14) and many more.
Lets us keep our taste buds open to feel God. Let our soul thirst for Him (Ps 63:1) and lets go drink from His cup and be satisfied (John 7:37)
SMELL
Do you know: Smell is also a chemical sense. Nose has more than 100s of olfactory receptors which helps us to identify a variety of smell. Dogs have much keener sense of smell than humans.
Paul rightly describes the importance of each organ in our body (I Cor 12:17). Each part has its own role to play. God liked the odour that came from the sacrifice made by Noah, so He promised that He will never curse the earth because of man whose heart is evil from childhood (Gen 8:21). Isaac uses sense of smell to identify his son and bless him (Gen 27:27).
Smell is always related to appetite. So let’s have a good appetite towards God’s love. Let’s smell God’s love from the people and nature around us and also let others smell the same from us. Let’s not be like a dead fly in a perfume bottle which makes the whole bottle stink (Ecc 10:1), instead spread the sweet aroma of sacrifice (praise and thanksgiving) which God likes and will bless us.
TOUCH
Do you know: The study of touch in humans is called haptics. Touch seems to produce many hormones and convey different non-verbal messages.
Before I touch this topic let me tell you God is going to give you a perfect touch. He says: For whoever touches you touches the apple of my eyes (Zech 2:18). In old testament, there are a lot of “Do not touch warnings”.
Ø He told Eve not to touch the apple (Gen 3:3)
Ø He gave a list of forbidden items that’s regarded unclean (Numbers & Leviticus)
Ø Uzzah died because he touched the covenant box which only consecrated people can touch. (II Sam 6:7)
In New Testament Jesus touched and healed a lot of them. He touched
Ø Peter’s mother-in-law and the fever left her (Mat 10:15)
Ø A man with a dreadful skin disease and he became clean (Mark 1:41)
Ø A man who was deaf and mute started to hear & speak without any trouble (Mark 7:33,35)
Ø The little children who were brought to Him so that Jesus could touch him (Luke 18:15)
Among all of them the faith of the woman who was bleeding for 12 years is something admirable. She had a faith that if she touches the corner of His cloak, she will be healed. She touched it and she was healed (Mat 9:20-22). Let’s analyze if we have atleast 1/100th of her faith or are we like Thomas who wanted to put his fingers in His scars to believe Him (John 20:25). Never mind those like Thomas, God wants us to come and touch him (Luke 24:39).
To conclude our God is a God who has eyes that see, ears that hear, mouth that speaks, He can smell and feel things unlike other gods made of human hands which have eyes that do not see, ears that do not hear and mouth that do not speak (Ps 115:6 & Deut 4:28) and we are made in His image. Let’s thank God for the perfect senses He has blessed us with and let’s open up our senses to feel God.
Christobel Rajesh
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