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“The eye is the lamp of the body. . “ Matthew 6:23


We were taking a break at our local coffee shop and a former co-worker came to talk to us. We knew her well! She had always been so cheerful, with sparkly blue eyes. But now, when we looked up at her, we couldn’t but help notice that her eyes weren’t sparkling, they looked dead. She seemed so dejected. We asked her how she was doing and she told us that she was on a sick leave – seems she was burned out. Her present job was asking her to do things she was not good at. She felt like a failure. Her eyes reflected what she felt inside.

Have you ever taken the time to look, really look, in peoples’ eyes?

Sad eyes

Joyful eyes

Angry eyes

Lustful eyes

Friendly eyes

Fearful eyes

Mistrusting eye

Kind eyes

Gentle eyes

Tired eyes

You can learn a lot about a person by looking into people’s eyes.

What did you see in your eyes this morning? What did you see in the eyes of your husband or your children? Your co-workers?

Ask God to use you to make their eyes sparkle with joy again. An encouraging word, a friendly touch, or a smile would help. Take time to look into people’s eyes. Then pray for them.

Take time to look in Jesus’ eyes. They are friendly and kind.

Father, our eyes are the light of our bodies. Let them reflect You. Amen.

By Katherine Kehler
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It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was in order that the works of God might be displayed in him.John 9:3

Displayed – Who is  blind in this story?  It isn’t the man at the side of the road?  It is the disciples of Jesus.  The disciples saw only the pitiful condition of the man born blind.  They did not see what Jesus saw.  God put this blind man in their pathway in order that blind man might minister to them.  The disciples asked about the cause of his blindness.  They wanted to blame someone.  But Jesus saw the purpose.  The  purpose of this blind man was to give those who had eyes the ability to see.

The Greek word here is phaneroo.,  it means, “to make apparent, visible, or known.” It is the perfect word for the blindness of the disciples.  They had sight but they could not see.  Jesus revealed to them a truth much deeper than the issue of blame.  He led them to open their eyes to the opportunity of God.

A servant leader must have eyes that “see” the opportunities to reveal God’s glory.  Many times those opportunities present themselves in unexpected ways.  A blind man does not appear to be a likely candidate to demonstrate sight.  But God is not limited by human conditions.  We are blind only if we do not see who He is.

We have two choices here.  We can see what the disciples saw. Problems, impossibilities, blame, despair, and sin.  Or we can see what Jesus saw.  God at work!

Having eyes that receive images makes no difference at all unless we know what we are seeing.  The servant leader is constantly looking for an opportunity from God. A problem is a potential victory.  The impossible is divinely routine.  Despair is the doorway to hope.  Sin is the schoolteacher of forgiveness. Blame is the backhand of purpose.  “It all depends on how you look at it.”

What do you see?

By Skip Moen

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