Into the Fire

"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness." Jesus Christ (Matthew 6:22-23 NIV)

In today's world sin is on the uptake, increasingly blatant, ascending in power, exposure, and endorsement. Many times the desire for its dominance in a life can be clearly seen in the eyes. Other times the discernment of the viewer must be keen in order to recognize the darkness Jesus spoke of in the above scripture.

Drawn to the darkness or light, we reflect our holiness or our evil in our eyes. Maybe with practiced care, we can disguise the evil for a time, but it will reveal itself eventually. It can't be permanently hidden.

In brilliant or subdued colors the eyes display so much of who we are. We transmit such depth through those mysterious orbs, masking or revealing pain, smiles and laughter expressed in the eyes, joys, regrets, mistakes, and monumental successes expunged via our eyes.

Designed for worship, to regale beauty and express grace, the eyes suffered the consequence of sin like all the body parts. Light or dark, it's in the eyes . . .

Father, I need your pure light to shine through my sinfulness. Let my expression be one of light. Always. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.