“The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.” – Luke 11:34
What is the opposite of faith?
It’s not doubt!
it’s sight.
From the beginning, people have depended on what they could see.
Even the disciples kept asking Jesus for signs before they believed.
And still today, we rely so much on our sight, But we fail to see the salvation already prepared for us.
Our eyes, they are the lamp of the body. They reveal what we let into our hearts.
Wasn’t it Eve’s sight that led her to sin?
Wasn’t it David’s eyes that caused him to fall with Bathsheba?
Wasn’t it Samson’s eyes that betrayed him before they were taken from him?
The Israelites though they saw miracles, still missed the Messiah standing right in front of them.
And what about us?
Isn’t it our eyes that lead us to indulge in things that slowly destroy us?
Isn’t it through our eyes that greed, envy, and covetousness first enter in our heart?
So many sins don’t begin with action, they begin with what we choose to look at.
But here’s the turning point:
The disciples…
Their sight became their testimony.
They witnessed the resurrection.
They saw Jesus ascend into Heaven.
And they were willing to die for what they saw. Because what they saw confirmed what they believed.
Their sight became anchored to their faith. They didn’t let their eyes lead their faith anymore. They let their faith lead their eyes.
So let me ask you, What are your eyes fixed on?
The world?
Or the One who conquered death?
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