Latest Devotion
Spiritual Blind Spots
By: Keefe Wilson
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23–24
While we're driving, the most dangerous place in our vehicle is the blind spot. We check our mirrors and believe everything is clear, but something dangerous is hidden in our blind spot. I learned this lesson the hard way back in college. In a two-week period, I had three different accidents, and they all happened while I was backing up! I would look both ways, see nothing, start backing out, and—BAM! I hit another car. After my third accident, a police officer told me, “These accidents keep happening because you aren't checking your blind spots."
Those cars were already there; I just couldn't see them. But the same thing can happen to us spiritually. After we're saved, we still have spiritual blind spots—attitudes, habits, weaknesses, and sins that we either can't see or refuse to see. Whatever we fail to see spiritually can eventually cause a "wreck" in our lives. But the greatest danger of spiritual blind spots isn't having one; it's not realizing it's there.
When David prayed, “Search me, O God” in our opening verse. It was another way of saying: "Lord, show me what I can't see in myself." When pride, gossip, bitterness, and unforgiveness are hidden in our blind spot, they will affect our attitudes, actions, and relationships (Hebrews 12:15). David prayed this prayer as a way of surrendering everything in his life to God. If we refuse to recognize or confront our weaknesses, then we haven't really surrendered everything to God. Our unchecked blind spots today will become the very things that control us tomorrow.
Satan wants us to remain unaware of our spiritual blind spots because we can't change what we don't see. If pride blinds us, we'll reject correction. If gossip seems harmless, our relationships will get damaged. If bitterness remains hidden, our hearts will become hard. Satan loves blind spots because they allow internal spiritual damage to happen while everything on the outside seems fine.
In all of my accidents—the danger was already there; I just couldn’t see it. So, instead of asking God, “Do I have a spiritual blind spot?” We must pray, “Lord, show me what I can't see about myself.” When God reveals it, don’t defend it—deal with it. Receive the Lord's correction, repent, then ask the Holy Spirit to help you change.
But don’t wait until you have a wreck, ask God to reveal your blind spots before the enemy attempts to use them. Correct them before they take control of you!