The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections
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Jun 12
Exhale: Help me walk gently
~ Quil
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Jun 12
A Spiritual Insight Devotional
1 Corinthians 2:14
“The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God… for they are spiritually discerned.”
When Others Cannot See
There is a kind of seeing that does not come from the eyes.
It comes from surrender.
And once God opens that kind of sight in you, you begin to understand things you never understood before — not because you became smarter, but because you became yielded.
But there is a quiet ache that comes with this awakening:
Others cannot see what God is doing in you.
Not because they refuse…
but because they cannot.
“To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.” — Matthew 13:11
This is the part no one prepares you for.
You try to explain the shift inside you —
the peace,
the clarity,
the surrender,
the unfolding,
the way God is shaping your days —
and people look at you with kind eyes but uncomprehending hearts.
They hear your words,
but they do not feel the weight of them.
They see your life,
but they do not see the transformation beneath it.
They notice the changes,
but they cannot understand the source.
And you realize:
You are living from a depth they have not entered.
Not because they are bad.
Not because they are blind forever.
Not because they don’t love God.
But because they are still living from their natural desires —
their natural reactions,
their natural comfort,
their natural way of being.
You are living from surrender.
They are living from self.
And the two cannot interpret life the same way.
“The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.”
It comes from surrender.
And once God opens that kind of sight in you, you begin to understand things you never understood before — not because you became smarter, but because you became yielded.
But there is a quiet ache that comes with this awakening:
Others cannot see what God is doing in you.
Not because they refuse…
but because they cannot.
“To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.” — Matthew 13:11
This is the part no one prepares you for.
You try to explain the shift inside you —
the peace,
the clarity,
the surrender,
the unfolding,
the way God is shaping your days —
and people look at you with kind eyes but uncomprehending hearts.
They hear your words,
but they do not feel the weight of them.
They see your life,
but they do not see the transformation beneath it.
They notice the changes,
but they cannot understand the source.
And you realize:
You are living from a depth they have not entered.
Not because they are bad.
Not because they are blind forever.
Not because they don’t love God.
But because they are still living from their natural desires —
their natural reactions,
their natural comfort,
their natural way of being.
You are living from surrender.
They are living from self.
And the two cannot interpret life the same way.
“The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.”
John 14:17
Even Jesus said that spiritual truth is hidden from the natural mind.
It is not understood — it is revealed.
So when someone says,
“It’s just not for me… the way you live for the Lord,”
they are not rejecting God.
They are describing the gap between natural life and surrendered life.
And that gap is real.
But... you will find comfort in this:
“O Lord, You have searched me and known me… You understand my thoughts from afar.”
Even Jesus said that spiritual truth is hidden from the natural mind.
It is not understood — it is revealed.
So when someone says,
“It’s just not for me… the way you live for the Lord,”
they are not rejecting God.
They are describing the gap between natural life and surrendered life.
And that gap is real.
But... you will find comfort in this:
“O Lord, You have searched me and known me… You understand my thoughts from afar.”
Psalm 139:1–2
God sees you.
God understands you.
God knows exactly what He is unfolding in you.
Even when no one else can.
You are not unseen.
You are not misunderstood by Heaven.
You are not walking alone.
You are simply walking ahead.
And one day —
when God opens their eyes —
they will understand what they could not see today.
Until then,
walk gently.
Walk surrendered.
Walk in the light God has given you.
And trust that the One who opened your eyes
will open theirs in His time.
God sees you.
God understands you.
God knows exactly what He is unfolding in you.
Even when no one else can.
You are not unseen.
You are not misunderstood by Heaven.
You are not walking alone.
You are simply walking ahead.
And one day —
when God opens their eyes —
they will understand what they could not see today.
Until then,
walk gently.
Walk surrendered.
Walk in the light God has given you.
And trust that the One who opened your eyes
will open theirs in His time.
Breath Prayer
Inhale: You see me, LordExhale: Help me walk gently
~ Quil
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