Focus Here

 

Have you ever had a teacher say this in class....maybe toward the end of the class time and they want to get through the material before the bell rings? Or maybe a coach to a team you were on.....you are about to win the championship game....you are already thinking about the victory and the coach is trying to keep you focused on the current game?

 

This morning I was reading in Matthew 6, the sermon on the Mount. I came across verses 22-23 which says: 

 

"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!"

 

I'm pretty sure I have read this passage numerous times but this morning it hit me right between the eyes. I asked myself where are my eyes focused? Are my eyes focused on the Light, on Jesus and His work? OR are my eyes focused on things of this world and the evil that is in it?

 

As Christians, we must have our eyes focused on God or our light will not shine to those around us. Our eyes reflect where our hearts are and where we are focused. Those around us can either see Jesus and the Light through our eyes or they will see the world and the evil that we see. 

Sometimes, I think that our focus gets blurred. We want to focus on the Light but we think that maybe....a couple of days a week we can focus on what we want.... thinking that "nobody will notice" if I just do this or go here. People, according to this scripture if our eyes are blurred or unhealthy, my body is full of darkness not Light.

We can't have blurred vision!! For if our vision is blurred and we are not focused on God and the Light, darkness slowly seeps into our heart and soul and pretty soon we are standing in the middle of darkness and we have no idea how we got there....our eyes began to adjust to the darkness gradually as you adjust to the sin in your life and pretty soon you don't see the sin but see it as the "norm".....then one day you can't see at all! Sin and darkness have overtaken you!!

Ouch, this verse really stepped on my toes. We have got to keep our eyes focused on God, on the Light, and on shining that light to those around us that are living in this dark sinful world!!

From my corner of the world.....turning my eyes to the Light!!