When I See, I Speak

When the light breaks in, even silence speaks with authority.

📚 Devotional Credit
Insights from Spiritual Sight – Chapter 1 by T. Austin-Sparks
Published in Open Windows

📸 Photo Credit
Image from Unsplash

T. Austin-Sparks gently reminds us that spiritual maturity is not the result of accumulation but illumination. It’s not simply what we’ve studied or learned—it’s what we’ve seen. Christ is not known by degrees earned but by eyes opened. We are never meant to remain satisfied with what we’ve grasped so far. In fact, God ordains moments that press us beyond what we’ve previously known, that we might see Him in deeper ways—crisis by crisis, encounter by encounter.

This “seeing” doesn’t end at personal encouragement. With each new unveiling of Christ comes a fresh authority—not the kind that rests on intellect or tradition, but the kind that causes hearts to burn when the Word is spoken. The world and the Church are both desperate for such voices—those who carry not just information about God but testimony born of firsthand revelation.

Sparks highlights that Jesus spoke “as one having authority.” What made His words different from the scribes was not His grasp of the Law, but the fact that He had seen the Father. That same reality applies to us: when we’ve seen Christ with the eyes of our heart, our words are seasoned not only with grace but with the weight of heaven.

The question is not whether we know enough—but whether we are still being brought to fresh places of seeing. Because when we see Him again, even in the midst of difficulty, we’ll carry more than hope… we’ll carry His voice.

📓 Personalized Journal Entry — Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture

You are not meant to live by memory alone. I call you forward into new vision—into deeper seeing. Not with your physical eyes, but with the eyes of your heart enlightened. I have designed your journey to include moments that make you press in, moments that stir a hunger for Me that cannot be met by yesterday’s revelation.

It is My joy to show Myself to you. I lead you through valleys not to test your resilience but to open your eyes. And when you see Me anew, even if the world around you remains the same, you will not remain the same. In that moment, I give you something more than sight—I give you authority. The kind that cannot be manufactured, only received.

You don’t have to craft your voice to be powerful. You simply have to speak from what you have seen. I was the one who gave sight to the blind man—and I am the same Spirit who opens your eyes again and again. And when you speak from that seeing, others will hear not just your words, but Mine.

So come to Me with your questions, your confusions, your longings. I am not far. And when you behold Me, you’ll find that your words no longer echo empty tradition, but carry the resonance of heaven’s truth.

(Scriptures: John 9:25; Ephesians 1:17–18; Matthew 7:29; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Acts 4:20; 1 John 1:1–3; Psalm 36:9; Colossians 2:2–3; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Isaiah 6:5–8)

🪟 Real-Life Analogy

Imagine flipping on a light in a dim hallway. The moment you do, everything changes—not because the space is new, but because now you see what’s been there all along. You walk differently. You move with confidence. No longer guessing where the walls or doors are, you simply know.

In the same way, when the Lord reveals more of Himself to you in a moment of clarity, even something as ordinary as a conversation or a hard decision can become a platform for His voice to be heard. Today, if you find yourself in a dim place, pause. Acknowledge that He is present, even if unseen—and yield to Him with something like this in your heart: “Lord, I trust You to reveal Yourself in this moment and speak through me, not from what I know, but from what You’ve shown.” Whether you're in a meeting, comforting a friend, or reflecting alone, that simple act of surrender can carry the fragrance of heaven into places that need to see Him too.

🙏 Prayer of Confidence

Father, I thank You that I don’t need to strive for eloquence or stature—only to walk in what You’ve revealed. Every time You show me more of Your Son, You anchor me more deeply in truth. I rest in Your Spirit who opens my eyes again and again, never leaving me to navigate by my own understanding. I trust that the voice You’ve placed within me carries weight, not because of me, but because of You. I live today confident that as I walk in Your light, I will reflect it with authority—not borrowed, but bestowed.