Embrace the Within no. 141

“The eye is the lamp of the body; so if your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive], your whole body will be full of light [benefiting from God’s precepts]. But if your eye is bad [spiritually blind], your whole body will be full of darkness [devoid of God’s precepts]. So if the [very] light inside you [your inner self, your heart, your conscience] is darkness, how great and terrible is that darkness!”

Matthew 6:22-23 AMP

Our focus in life, our sight should find its focus, in the light and not the darkness. Earlier in the sermon I am called to be “the light of the world” while within these lines I am called to see the light. I can’t be the light if I am focused on things that are not the light. Other focuses dim my light and lessen the intensity with which I show the world the Truth.

I need to look at where I am going. I can’t look to the left or the right or even behind me and expect to get where I want to go directly. Looking in all other directions is going to get me off course and maybe even stumbling and walking in weird patterns or circles or swaying off course. BUT focusing on the opposite of what I want, closing my eyes to the destination and making myself blind to the path I need to walk . . . well, that is going to fill me with darkness instead of light.

It sounds so basic when it gets explained, however, I often know what is right and true and righteous and I would rather look somewhere else. Life is full of distractions that will turn my eyes off the path. I can look to the left or the right at what my neighbor or friend or enemy is doing. I can look behind me into my past at the things I used to do. Or I can close my eyes completely to The Truth and walk around blindly even though I know His Way.

How will I know when I am on the right path? How will I know when I am veering off the path? How will I know when I am looking behind me? How will I know when my eyes are closed? It is as simple as getting my heart checked out.

I need to ask some serious questions about the state of my heart daily. Is my heart healthy? Am I walking with the love of the Lord in my heart? Am I doing what is right for God and others? When my heart is healthy, I am walking in the light and reflecting that light to the world. When I am in darkness, I know that I am doing wrong because the Spirit will guide me to know that I am doing wrong.

I get to choose every day whether I listen to my selfish heart or I walk in the light. I pray that today I do a better job of walking the path of light. I pray that my focus is straight ahead at my goal of being a better Ambassador for Christ. I pray that my focus on the light helps better reflect the image of Christ in my daily life. I pray that I show His Light to the world.

I love you. I forgive you. Have a blessed and abundant day!

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