Through His Eyes

"Let your light shine before all men so they can see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:16) NKJV

What would it be like to look through those awesome eyes, full of love, compassion, and submission? Wow, what a thought. To think of the multitudes they came in contact with, the grief they saw, the pain and suffering they witnessed. Then to see a tear break their lids like a water fall as it runs down His body to the nail drove deep into his feet. Every time I think about the events it's not my eyes that water, but my brain that tries to comprehend such a love. What could I ever say to let Him know what the cross means to me, what could I ever do to repay the blood that was shed for me?

The vision Jesus saw when He placed himself in the hands of the world was of a single person, of a person who deep down inside knew what right and wrong was. A person who He could one day sit down and talk face to face with and call them Son. What did Jesus see when He made the decision to put on flesh? He saw you.

As Christians we are called to be the light during these dark times; we are called to be the hope for the hopeless, and the eye in the storm. Remember how you felt when you first accepted Jesus into your heart? Remember the peace and the love you felt? The joy that only a Savior can bring? Jesus not only wants us to feel that but He wants your best friend to feel that, He wants your next door neighbor and even the bully in your 6th period class to feel that.

The best way we can be that light is by the way we act. Do you see a light house in the middle of the Atlantic? Never. Yet we try and put ourselves in the middle of everyone and everything and push Christianity on people. The best way is to let people see what you have. Boats always come to shore sooner or later, so do all of God's people, we just have to be prepared to lead them safely to shore once they come in, because it's then that Satan will use the rocky coastline to tear them apart.

In today's world words seem meaningless. Just a bunch of letters thrown together. When people see Christians talking the talk one day then drinking the beer the next, there is no wonder why witnessing with words can be a lost cause. Think of someone today that needs to be saved. Then start praying for them. Get to know them and let your example shine so when they are caught in the darkness of the world there will be one light that will always lead them home. May peace be with you.

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