Daily Devotional – ‘In His Footstep’
By Kingdom Support Initiatives (KSi)
August 14th 2022

Health Meter III: The Eyes

“The eyes are the lamp of the body. If your eyes are sound, your whole body will be full of light” Matthew 6:22 (GNT)

Bible Reading: Matthew 6:22-23

Yesterday we examined that the tongue is a good indicator or a meter to check whether or not a person is healthy both physically and spiritually. It was glaring to us that our spiritual fitness and perfection is directly linked with the utterances of our mouth. Today’s study focuses on the eyes‚ another good health meter. Doctors often check the eye because it is one spot that reveals particularly a large percentage of health issues. Dr. Charles Wilkinson, a retina specialist with the American Academy of Ophthalmology says, “it is the only place you can see blood vessels bouncing along their merry way, you can see the optic nerve, which is part of the brain”. Just as the eyes are a clear window to your health, they are also the window to your soul. Your life becomes what you behold. If they stay clear of the lust of the eyes that is rampant in our media today by focusing on God’s word and on things above, our body will be full of light. However, if they are engrossed in pornography and crave for materialism and fashion, your body will be full of darkness. Don’t get captured by darkness that has engrossed the world system today, rather fix your eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:2).

Self-Reflection: “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman” Job 31:1 (NIV)

Action Point: Fix your eyes on Jesus

Daily Confession: Deliver me Lord from every darkness that has engrossed my life through my eyes

Intercessory prayer: I pray for deliverance for as many suffering from lust in Jesus name.

Hymn: God make my life a little light,

Within the world to glow;

A little flame that burneth bright,

Wherever I may go (SS&S 1143)