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The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.
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The King James Version (AV) of what Jesus said in today’s New American Standard (NASB) bible verse rather than ‘clear’ says ‘if thine eye be single’. And yet another version, the English Standard Version (ESV), translates that by saying, ‘if your eye is healthy’—so it certainly is about eyes that are functioning properly. That should be abundantly clear given the fact that in the very next verse Jesus speaks of the consequence of having a ‘bad’ eye—then your whole body will be full of darkness. (v.23)



We are fearfully and wonderfully made {Ps.139:14} and everything the Lord did was about His purpose and His pleasure. {Php.2:13} God gave Adam and the woman eyes to see His wonderful creation. But, when she saw that the tree they had been commanded not to eat from was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes she took from its fruit and ate. {Gen.3:6} A severe case of ‘bad eyes’ indeed!



If we do not follow the Lord’s instruction on the proper use of the eyes the result will be great harm and evil. We were given eyes and told to fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith. {Heb.12:2} While we might not learn this in an anatomy class, it is a fact, a Scriptural truth, that our eyes are connected to our heart. So Paul would pray for the ‘eyes of our heart’ to be opened, enlightened, so that we would know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glory, and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. {Eph.1:18-19}



Early one morning when the army of the Arameans encircled the city of Dothan having come to capture and take Elisha the prophet, his servant rushed into the house and said to Elisha, ‘Alas, my master! What shall we do?’ So he answered, ‘Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.’ And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. {2Ki.6:15-17} The Lord had the enemy surrounded. Holy eyesight indeed! 



One of the single most obvious natural problems with eyes would have to be being cross-eyed. It can be very disconcerting to be with somebody afflicted with that condition and not certain if they are looking at you or not. It is surely far, far more troubling to be with a believer who has one eye set on the Word and the other on the world! Talk about confusion! We need to say like the man born blind who Jesus miraculously healed; ‘one thing I do know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.’ {Jn.9:25}



“How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, who seek Him with all their heart. … Open my eyes, that I may behold wonderful things from Thy law.” (Psalms 119:2,18)



STAND BY AND SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD