The Prayer for Opened Eyes

A Poem Inspired by Ephesians 1:17-18

O Father of glory, ancient and wise,

Source of the morning and keeper of night,

Grant unto hearts that wander and rise

A spirit that dwells in truth and in light.

Let wisdom descend like dew from the skies,

And knowledge unfold in quiet sight.

For we are travelers, dimly aware,

Walking through valleys of shadow and flame;

We carry our questions, our burdens of care,

Calling in silence upon Your great name.

Yet hidden beyond what the senses declare

Burns everlasting, unquenchable flame.

Open the eyes that dwell in the soul,

Eyes not of flesh but of longing and grace;

Lift up the veil that darkens the whole,

Scatter the night from the inward place.

Teach us the end and the sacred goal,

Show us the light of Your holy face.

For hope is a star that the weary pursue,

Shining through storms and the tremor of years;

A promise eternal, steadfast and true,

Calling the faithful beyond all their fears.

Let us behold what Your calling can do,

The joy that outlives both sorrow and tears.

Not gold nor the crowns that kingdoms acclaim,

Nor fleeting dominion the proud hearts adore,

But riches of mercy that never grow tame,

Treasure uncounted on heaven’s bright shore.

An inheritance written in luminous flame,

A kingdom that time shall erode nevermore.

Grant us the sight of that wondrous estate

Stored for the humble, the faithful, the small;

Where love stands watch at eternity’s gate,

And mercy like sunlight pours over all.

Where none are forgotten by fortune or fate,

And grace is the song that encircles the hall.

Then shall our hearts, once clouded and dim,

Rise like the dawn over mountains of stone;

Every faint prayer becoming a hymn,

Every lost wanderer guided back home.

Knowledge and wisdom both rising to Him,

Light everlasting around the throne.

So hear this petition from dust that believes,

From spirits that yearn for vision above:

Open the eyes of the heart that perceives

The breadth of Your hope and the depth of Your love.

Till every soul that listens receives

The glory of grace from the Father thereof.