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“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
may give to you a Spirit of wisdom, and revelation, in the
knowledge of Him.”

The word “Revelation” in the Greek means, “To unveil”, or “To
take the cover off”. That’s where I get the idea of taking the veil
away. “Give you a Spirit of wisdom, and unveiling.” It’s a prayer
for eyesight.

Paul prayed this for all the Ephesian Christians. He didn’t select
a handful of “spiritual hotshots” and say, “Lord, take the veil away
for them.” Eyesight, is for all God’s children. I was so occupied
with external problems that for years I prayed like this, “Oh Lord,
so and so is depressed. Lift the discouragement, and drive it
away.” Boy, if God were to lift the veil and show that discouraged
brother His wealth in Christ, discouragement would be
impossible! Verse 18,

“That the eyes of your heart, might be enlightened.”

I remember when I was pastoring a local Church. One of the
choir ladies refused to sing a particular song that asked, “Lord
take the scales from our eyes”. She said, “I can’t sing that! I
don’t have scales on my eyes. I’m a Christian. Unbelievers have
scales on their eyes.” Not so! Believers are blind. Many
believers, have a darker blindness than sinners, because, they
have potential eyesight. Remember what Jesus told the “so
called” religious leaders who denied their blindness. “If you were
blind, you could see. But because you say ‘I see’, your blindness
remains.” They are blind to who they are in Christ, and can’t see
their wealth in Him.

Asking God, “Open our eyes, so we can see more of Christ!”, is
always the right thing to do. You never come to the place where
you say, “Alright, that’s enough, I don’t need any more.” You
always need more! Christ is infinite. We can’t see His fullness.
He’s always got more to show. We just can’t bear it. He’s