Matthew 6:25. “The eye is the lamp of the body.” This is a Jewish metaphor for being generous. The Lord is quoting an old proverb here. According to Messianic writer, David Stern, when a Jewish man had a good eye he was generous…..a bad eye meant he was stingy! In other words his “eye” determined his relationship to his fellows and to God.
Although I am extremely nearsighted (myopia) with help of my contact lenses I am able to focus on two things at once!! Well not quite. One eye is corrected for reading and the other for seeing at a distance. Sometimes my brain doesn’t cooperate and I have to practice closing one eye or the other for the objects to come into focus.
Perhaps we need to train our spiritual vision as well. One eye needs to focus on those around us. Those who are in need, not only physically, but spiritually. Give a kind word, a thoughtful card, a smile or perhaps just inquiring about their life. Something to show you care……do this because you are a Christian and tell them so.
Our other eye needs to focus on the spiritual. …on our personal relationship with God and how it will affect our eternal soul…the life that we live after this one. It is our distant vision but just as important as the here and now.
May the Lord open our “both our eyes”……. to those in need here and now… as well as our personal relationship to Him for eternity.
AbideLines 