Keeping The Eyes!

Sometimes a child walking through a toy store appears to have their eyes popping out as they view all the wonderful things lining the shelves. They may even be seen to run from item to item as a desire to have it all begins to well up from within. Perhaps this child is told, "Get your eyes back in your head. You can only have one thing." Is such a FOCUS outgrown?

There are events and objects that are sometimes referred to as "eye catching". They have the power to immediately grab one's attention. However, there is still the need to exercise the wisdom of restraint before rushing into whatever may be attracting the FOCUS.

As Solomon noted a general look at life, he stated. . .
"(13) Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. (14) The WISE PERSON HAS HIS EYES IN HIS HEAD, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them." ( Ecclesiastes 2:13-14 ESV)

Both the wise and the fool will have their life brought to an end by death. However, what is the FOCUS while living? Are the eyes popping out of the head or kept in control so that proper discretion for living can take place? The great challenge for the fool is where they have allowed their eyes to wander.

Among Solomon's proverbs we read. . .
"THE DISCERNING SETS HIS FACE TOWARD WISDOM, but THE EYES OF A FOOL ARE ON THE ENDS OF THE EARTH." ( Proverbs 17:24 ESV)

The New Living Translation reads. . .
"SENSIBLE PEOPLE KEEP THEIR EYES GLUED ON WISDOM, but A FOOL'S EYES WANDER TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH." ( Proverbs 17:24 NLT] [© 1997, Tyndale House, Wheaton, Ill.]

Through the wisdom of maintaining control as the eyes overlook the varying matters of life, wisdom enables one to look over life situations from all angles so as to weigh the consequences of what is about to be undertaken. This is in contrast to the foolish who are pictured as being drawn about groping in darkness as if there is no power of reason to guide.

Note Paul's prayer for those at Ephesus.
"(16) I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, (17) that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you A SPIRIT OF WISDOM and of revelation in the knowledge of him, (18) having the EYES OF YOUR HEARTS ENLIGHTENED, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints," ( Ephesians 1:16-18 ESV)

May the eyes of our heart be enlightened so that we may have proper discernment in what our FOCUS is drawn toward. Knowing on what our hope rests, let us keep our eyes in our head, maintaining the sense to keep the "eyes glued on wisdom" and the things associated with the Will of God and the eternity He has in store for us.

Have a great day DEMONSTRATING THE VISION OF WISE DISCERNMENT!
Carl

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