There is an old country song that Neil McCoy sang in 2005 called, “Billy’s Got His Beer Goggles On”. The song characterizes a down on his luck man who has been dumped by his girlfriend and he takes his heartbreak to the nearest bar to drown his sorrows in several beers. After guzzling quite a few too many, everyone looks beautiful to him. Everything looks like fun, including fighting.

The country song was so popular that radio stations during that time played it non-stop. It was one of those songs that lived on in your mind for days at a time. The video even featured a famous comedian who made it all the funnier. The term “beer goggles” was boosted to stardom and it became the household word of the year. It even became a scapegoat for poor behavior.

My beer goggles made me do it……

The past few weeks have been a trying time for me personally. Every time I would find myself getting upset or angry, I would forcibly remind myself to look at people through the lens of Jesus because my lenses were absolutely fogged. This wasn’t an enjoyable exercise by any stretch of the imagination. My personal lenses saw people as imperfect sinners who God must be just as mad at as I was. You know… because God always takes our side, right? My goggles can totally pick out what you are doing wrong. Sometimes my goggles are not kind at all.

My prayers began to plead with the Lord that I would see people as he sees them. One night while I was praying, or possibly complaining, I told the Lord to lend me his goggles so I could see people like he does. Jesus Goggles.

What if we consistently saw people through Jesus goggles instead of our own Judge Judy goggles? What would our world be like if we chose Jesus goggles over our sinful goggles?

What if Jesus just saw lowly fishermen and not fishers of men when he “happened” upon Simon Peter and Andrew?

What if Jesus had completely walked the other way when he saw the Samaritan woman at the well during the middle of the day?

What if Jesus had not stooped down to write a message in the dirt with his finger and allowed the Pharisees to stone an adulterous woman?

What if Jesus had decided not washed the feet of his disciples…including his betrayer?

What is Jesus saw unclean men with a dreaded disease and decided he wanted no part of it…the lepers would not have been healed?

So many amazing miracles never would have happened had Jesus saw people for what they were. Sinners. Boy, I sure am eternally grateful that Jesus sees me through his goggles and not my foggy ones.

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this while we were still sinners Christ died for us”.
Romans 5:8