My Eyes Are Continually Toward the LORD
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My Eyes Are Continually Toward the LORD
Keeping focused is vital in many situations. Keep your eye on the ball when playing tennis. Keep your mind on studying when you want to pass a test. Keep your eyes on the road and traffic while driving. We need to also stay focused spiritually, so that we won’t get suckered into false doctrines or fall into devastating sins. When Psalm 25:15 describes a child of God’s focus, it says,
My eyes are continually toward the LORD.
In every kind of circumstance in life — whether in good times or bad — we need to stay focused on the LORD, in order to safely stay on the right path, without stumbling. This idea of keeping our eyes and focus on the Lord is repeated often throughout scriptures. Here are only a few.
Psalm 123:1
To You I lift up my eyes,
O Thou who art enthroned in the heavens!Psalm 26:3
For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,
And I have walked in Your truth.Psalm 119:18
Open my eyes, that I may behold
Wonderful things from Your law.Psalm 141:8
For my eyes are toward You, O GOD, the Lord;
In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless.Proverbs 3:7
Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.Ephesians 1:18
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.Hebrews 12:1-2
Let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith.
Jesus is referred to as our Good Shepherd, who takes care of His sheep. When a flock of sheep gets discombobulated by oncoming danger, they fearfully scatter, if they forget to look to the safety of their shepherd. If the sheep don’t keep their eyes on where their shepherd is, they can easily wander from the safety of the flock, becoming an easy target of predators.
Just as it is vital for sheep to keep their focus on their shepherd, it is vital for us to stay focused on Jesus and the salvation He gives to all who look to Him. Throughout God’s word, we are called God’s sheep. There is a very good reason for God to use this analogy. When we’re in deep trouble, it is so easy for us to lose our focus on Jesus. But, even when we have an abundance of blessings, we easily lose focus on our Lord, who gave all the blessings, because we are happy about the blessing, instead of being happy over the Giver of the blessing. We really are like sheep in need of a good Shepherd.
As Jesus’ beloved sheep and lambs, we fix our eyes on Jesus, our Good Shepherd, and say, “Hallelujah! Lord, help us to always focus on You and the salvation Your suffering, death, and resurrection brings to us.”
Love,
Margaret
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A Christian devotional to glorify the LORD of lords and God of gods
This is the day which the LORD has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24
The word of the LORD is tried;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Psalm 18:30
Sing for joy in the LORD, O you righteous ones;
Praise is becoming to the upright.
Psalm 33:1
How blessed are those who dwell in Thy house!
They are ever praising Thee.
Psalm 84:4
Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Psalm 103:13
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalm 107:1
Glory in His holy name;
Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad.
Psalm 105:3
Not that I have already obtained it, or have already become perfect, but I press on in order that
I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:12
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