We have two forces that are at work in this world to destroy us.
One is the devil himself, and the other is me, myself.
The enemy knows that the quickest avenue to the soul is through our senses. How does he target our senses to influence our spiritual life? Let’s see.
1. SIGHT…what we allow our eyes to see is easily transferred into desire.
Desire leads to action. Luke 11:34 "Your eye is the lamp of the 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."
If what we are looking at is pleasant to our eyes, the tendency is to want to repeat that pleasant sensation. After so many repetitions, it develops an avenue in the brain, and behold, it is now a habit. It becomes an actual groove in the brain itself, and that groove becomes more and more difficult to alter. It would be like trying to divert a river down an alternate path. It’s not impossible, but requires much effort. God becomes an essential part as He is able to divert the groove and set us on a new course.
“By beholding we become changed.” You can’t find that exact phrase in the Bible but it is quite Biblical, I assure you . And it is a truth of the greatest magnitude. “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory.” 1 Corinthians 3:18
Athletes know this truth and they apply it daily. They visualize their performances from start to finish, and in many cases, this influences not only their performance, but the outcome as well. Can you imagine our focus and determination if we visualized our change into Jesus? If we set our minds to experiencing a closer and closer walk with Jesus? What would it look like if we kept Him as our end goal? We would be driven. Driven towards Him like a runner heading to the finish line in the final race of his life.
Take a minute right now and go through the inventory of your mind. See what pictures you have stored in there. Do those pictures coincide with the vision God has for you, or would you rather they not be brought to the light of day?
What we see in our mind’s eye, as well as what we see in the physical world, influences us greatly. If it didn’t work like that, there would be no need for commercials. Let God’s words, and the verses in His Word be the commercials with which you break up your activities. And then see where your mind is drawn…
Be careful little eyes what you see!
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