Often times you get caught up in just making it through the day. If you are not careful, your daily activity will be nothing more than going from one activity to another. You do not look for opportunities that may offer themselves. You are so focused on the here and now, that a better opportunity is never realized.
To realize an opportunity requires you to be on the alert to potential events around you. Antonio, a sculptor, chipped away at a stone and could do nothing with it. So, he tossed it away. Later Michelangelo took it and carved on it the greatest statues of all time, the statue of David. He saw the potential in the stone. A master statue of all time was the result of one sculptor seeing potential where another sculptor saw nothing at all. It is all in the matter of perspective.
Ezekiel lived in a time much like the time you and I live in today. People have so many spiritual disciplines at their disposal without using any of them: Bible reading, Bible study, prayer, Godly counsel, and the list goes on and on. In describing the world in Ezekiel’s day, and the world you live in today, the Lord God says this: “Son of man, you live in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house” (Ezek. 12:2). The people had the potential to see and to hear, but the fact remains that they do not see or hear. Why? Simply because they were not looking.
To find the best in your life, you have to be looking for the best in life. Without looking, you continue in your routine but do not find the best life has to offer. The point God is making to Ezekiel is plain and simple; to get the most out of life you must see what is happening around you and hear the things God is trying to teach you. Look for the best. It may be a prayer away!
