Today’s Blog: The eye . . .
TODAY’S PROVERB: Keep my mitzvot [commandments] and live, my teaching as the apple of your eye. Proverbs 7:2, TLV
Two years ago, the posterior vitreous material in my left eye detached. PVD is a relatively common problem as we age. As we get older, a gel inside our eye — called vitreous gel — can shrink. It can slowly detach (pull away) from our retina. Initially, it’s a little scary. Generally annoying with flashes of light as it detaches, and the material can look like spiderwebs floating in the eye.
Of all the exposed parts of our body, the eyes are the most vulnerable to life-altering damage. Which is why our Creator built us to blink, protect our eyes from intrusion, and dodge anything headed our way.
In today’s proverb, the literal translation of the Hebrew is the “dark part of the eyes,” the pupil.
The pupil is one of the most important parts of the eye. From a distance, the pupil appears to be black, but in reality it is an opening — a portal — for light. The reason it looks black is because light is absorbed by the retina and isn’t reflected back.
Without light to the retina, we cannot see. Covering this critical structure to our sight is a small sliver of tissue called the cornea. So thin. So vulnerable. Which is why the rest of our body needs to protect our eyes.
Do we guard GOD’s Commandments like our eyes?
Just as the pupil allows light into our eyes so we can see, His commandments are light and sight into our spirit. They guide us and keep us from falling (Psalm 119:105)
By obeying His commandments we avoid those things trying to blind us from a life of purpose, a blessed life (Deuteronomy 11:26-27).
Do we wear protective covering when we do battle in this world? Raise that shield (Ephesians 6:10-18) when the enemy tries to shoot at us!
When we take in the Light from the Light of the World (John 9:5), we become His ambassadors as lights to the world (Matthew 5:14).
We become “…blameless and innocent, children of God in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation. Among them you shine as lights in the world…” (Philippians 2:15)
Allowing anything or anyone to compromise our position or obedience should have serious consequences. When we keep, guard, and protect His commandments and word, we know that the cost is high, but the rewards are eternal.
May we keep, guard, and protect His commandments and word, my friends.
Proverbs 7:2 Tree of Life Version – TLV, #tlvbible, #tlvproverbs
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