S) "34 The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness."
Luke 11:34 (NASB)
O) I've heard the expression that the eyes are the window to the soul. Here, it seems Jesus is saying that it's more like the eyes are the gates to the soul. They don't just show if a person is full of light or darkness, but they actually would determine it!
A) Obviously, there is symbolism at work here. The aesthetic clarity of a man's eyes would not literally mean there is physical light emanating from within his body. So, like many other areas of my spiritual life, I need to consider how my eyes can become clear or bad, healthy or evil. I think a big factor is probably what is set before my eyes, acknowledging that I am, myself, responsible for what is set before my own eyes. Next, I need to turn to Jesus directly, realizing that He is the only one, by whom the eyes of a man born blind are opened. It should be a daily prayer that I ask God to continually open my eyes and clarify what I'm seeing, as well as asking for my ears to be opened.
A) Obviously, there is symbolism at work here. The aesthetic clarity of a man's eyes would not literally mean there is physical light emanating from within his body. So, like many other areas of my spiritual life, I need to consider how my eyes can become clear or bad, healthy or evil. I think a big factor is probably what is set before my eyes, acknowledging that I am, myself, responsible for what is set before my own eyes. Next, I need to turn to Jesus directly, realizing that He is the only one, by whom the eyes of a man born blind are opened. It should be a daily prayer that I ask God to continually open my eyes and clarify what I'm seeing, as well as asking for my ears to be opened.
P) Father, open my eyes to see and my ears to hear. Clarify my eyes, so that my whole body is full of Your light, Lord. Let me keep guard over what my eyes see, so that I am also protecting the light inside of me. I want to be faithful and obedient with what You've placed inside of me and I know that only You can clear away the darkness I've yielded. Thank You for the grace of good eyes. In Jesus's name I pray, amen.
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