I've continued my study on light for a few weeks now. It's not been a constant delving into the scriptures, more of a continuous (as in daily) thought over what has boiled down to a few verses. matthew 6.22-23 and also luke 11.34 being similar. I can't say that i've come to any amazing conclusions as to what exactly God is trying to say through these. The verse in matthew when put into context is smack dab in the middle of one of Jesus lessons about being generous, not storing for ourselves treasures on earth, but rather in heaven. So some reading and talking to people has brought me to one thought, that is, the verse is actually an idiom. To explain i will first say the verses-
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness. The idiom is if the eye's are good, you will see a need and generously give, but if your eyes are bad you will completely ignore a need and be stingy. However I'm not sure that I can completely believe that that is all that God means in this verse. as i finished writing this and was just proof reading before posting i had a bit of a second thought on this...and I think that it does mean generous...just not necessarily only in the context of money. Think about it, if you're eyes are good, then you should be able to recognize whenever someone in your presence is hurting, you know how people just sort of carry things in there eyes, or even if they seem ashamed, or lost, or whatever the case may be, then you should see that, and you should be able to give generously of the light that is within you. I think that is why in Luke 11.35 it says see to it then that the light within you is not darkness, because if the light someone else is casting out of their eyes tells you that they are hurting or lost, yet you are casting the same light out...then the true light the good light that it speaks of in Matthew 6.22 will not be able to do it's work
Lord, I pray that you will use my life to be an ultimate example of who You are. That I might not let pride or fear get in the way of Your work. God please open me up and use me. Let my eyes be good so that my body will be full of light, and let me carry that out into the world. Lord I thank you for the things that you are always working in my life, that you are a constant companion when I need you, and even when I fail to acknowledge you. Let your Glory reign in my life and the lives of all who are representing you. AMEN
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