Light-Filled Eyes

Zechariah 1-3; Luke 11

“No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand so that those who come in may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness. See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.””

Luke 11:33-35

The brightness of our testimony and our witness to the reality of Christ’s presence in our lives is influenced by what we fix our eyes on. If our eyes are drawn to pornography, the lust for new things, and the promise of wealth, that is what the mirror of our eyes will reflect back to the world. If, however, our eyes are fixed on Jesus, on knowing and obeying his living Word, we will reflect Christ’s light to the world. Our eyes are the gate to our hearts. Jesus is calling us to guard our eyes and our hearts so that his light in us will draw those around us to himself.

Is, then, the spiritual light of our lives getting brighter, or weaker?

“Lord Jesus, my eyes are on you this day. Radiate your light in me and through me, for your glory.”