Wide-eyed or Squinty-eyed

"No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness." Luke 11: 33, 34

Eugene Peterson puts this scripture like this in the Message Bible, he says, "No one lights a lamp, and puts it in a drawer. It's put on a lamp stand so those entering the room have light to see where they're going. Your eye is a lamp, lighting up your whole body. If you live wide-eyed in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank (uncomfortably damp) cellar. Keep your eyes open, your lamp burning, so you don't get musty and murky. Keep your life as well-lighted as your best-lighted room."

Are you living wide-eyed in wonder and belief or are you living squinty-eyed in greed and distrust? I got up this morning and determined within myself to be all that I can be for the Lord and to put on the armor of God and to be a blessing to someone and to let the light of the Lord shine. I believe that we need to be wide-eyed in our walk with Jesus and to expect to have an experience with God every moment of the day. On the flip side of that, if I had awaken this morning and let the enemy distract me with the things of the world and fill my "eye" with darkness, there would be no way that my light would be able to "stand". I think some of us from time to time find ourselves in those dank cellars because we forget that we have a "strong stand" that will hold the light that is within us. That "strong stand" is Jesus!

Be blessed today and let your lamp shine today and to show the way for those that are living in darkness and don't allow the things of this world to shadow the light that is living in you! Firmly stand for Him!