Psalm 86:11

Psalm 86:11 ^ESV

Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.

 

Matthew 6:22-23

 "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 

²³ but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

 

The italicized words are more related than they appear on first glance. The word translated healthy came to be healthy originally started its life as ‘single’. The idea is that if our vision is ‘single’ it is healthy in the sense that we can perceive reality as it is.  If our heart is healthy, united, then it too will be healthy and perceive reality as it is.  In this case, reality: what is really real is that God is more important than anything and literally everything in the universe; therefore, we must fear God more than anything and everything in the universe because that is the way it really is.

 

So, Lord, unite my heart, give me clear vision so that I may see You as supreme over all and completely sufficient for all that I need.

 

Father, praise You for giving me a glimpse of Your glory.

Son, praise You for demonstrating that glory for me.

Spirit, praise You for moving me to even greater visions of Your glory.

 

Seeing reality as He is with you,

Pastor Greg