As I read my Bible this morning, the Daily Light verses jumped out with a new perspective. The verse that particularly struck me was from Psalm 145: “The eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in HIs unfailing love, to deliver them from death”. That led me to think of Psalm 121:1 “I will lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord “. So here is what was interesting to me – the one verse talks about the eyes of God, the other talks about our eyes. He is looking at us and we look back at Him in trust and confidence. That reminded me of Peter walking on the water. As long as he kept his eyes on Jesus he was fine. As soon as he looked at the wind and waves he started to sink. If we maintain eye contact with Jesus, as we walk through life, He holds us up and cause us to walk on water. Perfect peace reigns over our lives no matter what storm may rage around us.
So it’s up to us then to keep our eyes on Jesus and walk faithfully with Him…not exactly…..That would mean there was something we needed to, or could, contribute to a faithful walk with God. Scripture makes it clear that we are saved by grace, and there is nothing we can add to that, for fear that we would have something to boast about. But isn’t it up to us at least to keep looking to Him and not straying into unbelief or worse? God gives us His answer in Jer 36:39 “Iwill give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them…and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.” The strength and even the desire to keep looking to Jesus comes from Him alone. As we pray for ourselves and our loved ones, we pray in the confidence that God has already promised to give us singleness of heart – that razor-sharp focus to keep looking to Him, maintaining eye contact, as He looks loving on us.
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