Eyes of the Flesh

[Job 10:4] Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Eyes of the flesh cannot see at any great distance, and only in one place at a time, and only one object after another and what they are, and only outward objects and in these they are sometimes deceived, and at length fail.
Eyes of flesh cannot see in the dark: but darkness hides not from G-d.
Eyes of flesh are but in one place at a time, and can see but a little way. But the eyes of the L-rd are in every place, and run to and fro thro' the whole earth.
Eyes of flesh will shortly be darkened by age, and shut up by death. But the eyes of G-d are forever the same, nor does His sight ever decay.
G-d has eyes, but not fleshly ones; He has eyes of love, grace, and mercy, which are always upon His people for good, and are never withdrawn from them. He has eyes of displeasure and wrath on sinful men, to destroy them; these are not made of flesh, or like the eyes of flesh and blood, or of men.
But the eyes of G-d see all things, at the greatest distance; He looks down from heaven, and beholds all the children of men on earth, and all their actions; His eyes are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. He can see in the dark as well as in the light, the darkness and the light are both alike to Him; He beholds not only outward actions and visible objects, but also the hearts of men, and all that is in them. Nor is He ever deceived, nor will His sight ever fail.
Seest thou as man seeth? look with hatred and envy, as one man does upon another: with the same uncharitable eye, as, for instance, Job's friends? Man sees the outside only, and judges by appearances: but Thou see mine heart.
We need to see through G-d's eyes and look into others hearts. Never judging a book by its cover.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

excellent!