Going beyond what our eyes can see

Bees can see what is invisible to us. 

Recently a video came up on my news feed explaining how bees see the world differently than we do. For one thing, they have ultraviolet vision, which allows them to see patterns on flowers, invisible to the human eye, that help point them toward nectar. When I looked at the images showing how bees see flowers, I could hardly believe my eyes! It was challenging to comprehend how they could have such a different view of the world we share. 

This new take on perception reminded me that more than two thousand years ago, Christ Jesus showed us a perception of the world that was entirely different from what most people believe to be true. Jesus recognized that what we see with our eyes is a limited view that doesn’t accurately represent what’s really going on. For example, his teachings reveal that just because we don’t see God with our eyes, that doesn’t mean He’s not here. He said that to see God we must be “pure in heart” (Matthew 5:8). According to one commentary, in ancient Greek, one concept associated with the phrase “pure of heart” is clarity, and one way of thinking about clarity in this context is having an utter devotion and commitment to God.