The plea for a wise and understanding heart is a right and noble cry, for true wisdom will not suffer you to be slothful in the business of your soul. You ask to be a good steward of all entrusted to you, but mark well this lesson, nothing is your own; it is all your Master's. To have a wise heart is to walk with the conviction that we are not judged of men's judgment, but are doing our duty as under the great Taskmaster's own eyes. That truth will cure trifling with Divine things and playing with God's Word, for we cannot mar our stewardship if we remember always that He will surely come.
Yet often the eyes of the understanding need opening before we can see the very water at our feet. You may seek wisdom and pour out your soul, but a man may have a first-rate understanding and yet not grasp the simple secret, trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. The Spirit of God must reveal it, or else scales remain upon the eyes. I charge you, therefore, let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids look straight before you. Let both eyes of faith meet at their proper focus, and let that focus be the Lord Jesus alone. To turn the eyes inwardly to our own resolves is to walk in darkness, but to look wholly to Him is to walk the waters all the way to the golden shore.
As for the petition concerning the body, the teeth, the eyes, the leg, the strange swelling, remember that healing and forgiveness are placed in happy conjunction. The least thing about Christ is healing; the very leaves from that Tree of Life hold virtue. When He was upon earth, the spit of His lips enlightened blind eyes, and the hem of His garment drew power to a trembling woman. If you cry, "God be merciful to me a sinner," though you dare not lift up your eyes, the eyes of Heaven look down. Pardon and healing are often one and the same gift. When Jesus saw the faith of the palsied man, He went at once to the root of the disease, saying, "Man, thy sins are forgiven thee." That is the true order: first forgiveness, then healing.
The Lord who opens blind eyes can do it at once, for to open the eyes of blind souls is an act of creation. Breathe the prayer, "Lord, open my eyes!" And then, as you sit under the Word, listen with heedful ears, for it is when He is teaching that the healing power is most conspicuously present. This comes gently, not with thunders and threats, but with a sympathizing touch. The great Physician bows Himself over the mangled heart and the broken frame to make them whole.
Cast your gaze, therefore, beyond the pains of the body, even beyond the noble desire for wisdom, to the Cross where the healing balm flows mingled with blood. If you are brought under the eyes of Jesus, you are exactly where you need to be. Trust Him whose hands were pierced, and rest in Him whose heart was smitten. He will not stint His healing power, but will make you a steward whose strength is drawn from beholding His face. Look to Him now, and the Sun of Righteousness shall rise upon you with healing in His wings. May the Lord rouse you from all slumber, open your eyes to see the well of water springing up at your side, and grant you to feel that you are wholly His. Amen.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. 
