I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints.
I've been struck by the dense imagery of the phrase "with the eyes of your your heart enlightened," where perception (vision), emotion (heart) and cognition (enlightenment) are merged.
May the eyes of your heart be enlightened. That's quite a petition.
I'm also struck by the visionary emphasis in this passage. The prayer is for a "spirit of wisdom and revelation."
The Greek word translated as "revelation" here is the one you likely know: apocalypse, meaning "unveiling." The prayer is that we might possess an "apocalyptic spirit," a spirit that "unveils" appearances to perceive deeper, truer meanings. A spirit that pierces illusions and brings reality into view.
In Hunting Magic Eels when I say things like "recover sacramental wonder" I'm speaking about this prayer here in Ephesians, pointing toward this apocalyptic, revelatory, visionary spirit.
