A cataract is cloudiness in...
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A cataract is cloudiness in the lens of the eye. It can happen in infants and youth, but most commonly in older adults. Fifty percent of Americans, ages 65-75, have some degree of cataracts. Vision becomes altered. Objects will appear distorted and blurred. Loss of vision is gradual and, unless treated, the cataract can cause blindness in the eye. The treatment is surgery, when the affected lens is removed and replaced. Ninety percent of such surgeries result in improved vision. Cataract surgery used to require a stay of seven days in the hospital. Now it is done on an outpatient basis. There is a spiritual cataract that keeps us from seeing God clearly, that needs to be removed from the eyes of our heart (Ephesians 1:18). The spiritual cataract is self-righteousness. It blinds us to the truth that we are in bondage to sin. We need a surgeon to remove this darkness in our vision. The surgeon is Jesus himself. He alone has the power to enable us to see the glory of God, which is the righteousness of Jesus himself. He reveals this glory, this righteousness, momentarily on the Mount of Transfiguration. But on Mount Calvary he reveals it for all time -- his righteousness for the self-righteous -- which the eyes of faith, turned to him, see clearly.
-- Molldrem
-- Molldrem
