Today, our coordinator Leonard Koh spoke about how importance of our sight and how it determines the direction of our lives
He used the teaching from Luke 11:33-36 :
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33 "No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a bushel, but on a stand, that those who enter may see the light. 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound, your body is full of darkness. 35 Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. 36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light."
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What he highlighted was the power of the eye.
* What we gaze at has an impact on our lives
* It determines the direction of our lives
* Eye = Lamp of your body
* If your eyes are good (a clear 20/20), you will be able to see your environment
* If your eyes are bad, it affects the body. (with reference to Spiritual eye)
* See to it then that the light within you is not darkness
* How great it would be if our life is filled with bright light
There are 3 implications:
1. What comes through our eyes will impact the way we see the world
- if we are not careful, what we see can distort/skew our vision of things
2. What comes through our eyes impacts our sensitivity to the truth
3. The best way to understand darkness is to walk in the light.
Conclusion
As mentioned in the bible, if your left eye sins, gorge it out.
Look at things that will bring honour to God.
Be aware of what you are exposing your eyes to.
