Where the Eyes Go ...

… The body will follow.

Meet Garfield.

I can always tell when he’s getting ready to jump up on my kitchen countertops by his eyes.  At first it’s just a glance.  Then he LOOKS.  And he keeps on LOOKING.  Soon his body begins to crouch down in preparation for the long jump.  Then it’s done.

So it is with you and I.

Whether it’s a new car, or a shiny toy, or an ungodly relationship.  At first it’s just a glance – maybe something on the internet, or a billboard, or a new face at work.  Then we begin to notice it more often, then even begin to seek it out.  Soon the gaze is fixed, and then the body gets engaged.  Very soon, the action will follow.

“When the woman SAW that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she TOOK from its fruit and ATE; and she GAVE also to her husband with her, and he ate” (Gen. 3:6 NASB).

She did four things:

1.    She SAW.

2.    She TOOK.

3.    She ATE.

4.    She GAVE. 

It all begins with the eyes.  The Psalmist clearly understood this:

I will LIFT UP MY EYES to the mountains;
From where shall my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to slip;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, He who keeps Israel
Will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is your keeper;
The Lord is your shade on your right hand.
The sun will not smite you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
The Lord will protect you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.
The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in
From this time forth and forever.

(Psalm 121 NASB)

 

Peace.

Davina