Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Matthew 6:23, “But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!”
The vision of God’s eternal purpose gives us a single eye, with the result that our whole body is full of light.
This means vision brings in light that shines through our entire attitude, causing us to view life in a renewed way.
It brings in an attitude of seeing God in all the affairs of our life “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matt. 5:8).
This is why the Lord said that if your eye is single, your whole body will be full of light.
Vision causes us to reinterpret our problems in the light of God’s economy.
It changes our values from the vanity of the material realm to the reality of the spiritual realm.
This is the effect vision has on our attitude.
In Matthew 6:22-23 the Lord contrasts a single eye with an evil eye.
This means that if I have my eye on God and on something else at the same time, my eye is evil.
In the Lord’s estimation, to have double vision is to have evil vision.
Having a hidden reservation about fully following the Lord can cause us to have an evil eye, or double vision.
Double vision expresses itself in an attitude that says, “I will follow the Lord as long as it does not interfere with the other goal in my heart.”
That goal may be a self-motivated ambition.
It may be a relationship.
It may be money.
It may be a job, clothes, or a car.
It may be anything.
Whatever usurps the place of God in my life and does not give Him the preeminence is another goal that causes me to have an evil eye.
When our spiritual eyesight is double, it is considered by the Lord to be dark: “If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”
Double vision influences your whole mentality.
It has an effect upon your attitude and entire way of thinking.
It clouds everything.
Our need, then, is for a single, governing vision.
We need God’s light to shine through our whole being so that we will evaluate everything according to the divine view and feeling.
When the light that is in you is the light of God’s eternal purpose, your eye is single, and your whole body will be full of light.
Your attitude will not only change, but it will be governed by a heavenly vision.
The heavenly vision needs to be continually refreshed in our being.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
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