A Two-Part Surgery

I recently had an eye surgery that I think serves as a great spiritual analogy.

A Two-Part Surgery

"The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both."

(Proverbs 20:12)

In October last year, I had a surgical procedure on my left eye called Refractive Lens Exchange. My original lens was removed, and a new one was placed on my eye. One eye doctor told me I have a bionic eye! (I thought of Steve Majors and the Bionic Man TV show from years ago.) This is the same surgery one has when cataracts are removed. My surgery was elective, and now I no longer wear contact lenses or reading glasses. In a few months, I plan to get the same surgery on my right eye.

Dr. Steven Dell (brother to Michael Dell of Dell Computers) performed my eye surgery. He is one of the best in the nation. Dr. Ming Wang sent Dr. Dell a personal email asking him to take me on as a patient, and Dr. Dell did. I was told, however, by Dr. Dell and his associate, Dr. Cunningham, that in time, I would need a follow up surgery to remove a cloudy substance on my eye that would hamper my vision. This surgery is called YAG. For those interested, here is more information:

People who've had cataract surgery may develop a secondary cataract. The medical term for this common complication is known as posterior capsule opacification (PCO). This happens when the back of the lens capsule — the part of the lens that wasn't removed during surgery and that now supports the lens implant — becomes cloudy and impairs your vision.

PCO is treated with a painless, five-minute outpatient procedure called yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG) laser capsulotomy. In YAG laser capsulotomy, a laser beam is used to make a small opening in the clouded capsule to provide a clear path through which the light can pass.

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The eye is one of the most complex works of art by our great Creator God. Our biblical text for today clearly states that the eye is the work of God. Biochemist Dr. Michael Behe writes that the eye is so highly complex that it is impossible for it to have evolved. It had to have been created.

My two-part eye surgery, the replacement surgery and follow up YAG procedure, makes me think of a spiritual principle that I want to share with you today. I compare the first surgery to salvation. When God saves us through Christ, the old passes away, and we are a brand-new creation. 2 Corinthians 5:17 states, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." This is the beginning of our relationship with God. As we live in this world, however, we fall short at times of God's expectations for us, and we need some follow-up work. I call this sanctification. Our spiritual lives get a little fuzzy and cloudy, so we need to study God's Word and be in prayer daily so we can "see" clearly.

How is your spiritual vision today? I pray that you know Christ and are walking closely with Him and seeing all He wants you to see.

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