Without God's Word as a lens, the world warps.
Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts
She talks of "Scripture glasses" to help us see clearly the Light in the world around us... I want to take it deeper...
Scripture is not something we wear on the outside... an accessory... it is something taken internally...
Eating God's Word for good vision is like eating carrots for good eyesight...
Vitamin A helps alleviate night blindness...
God's Word brings light to the dark...
Our internal lens... the eyes of our heart... need to be transformed through appropriate spiritual nutrition... the consumption of Scripture... prayed... meditated... translated by the Spirit... then we begin to see the Word made flesh all around us...
"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!" --Jesus
Matthew 6:22, 23
Eat God's Word every day...
develope an appetite...
the more you eat the more you'll want...
You'll soon be seeing Light in the dark...
You, O Lord, keep my lamp burning;
my God turns my darkness into light.
Psalm 18:28
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