GATE TO THE BODY

We all know mankind is living in the digital age with knowledge expanding faster than ever before. The information highway is everywhere with all kinds of interesting facts. Not all being true, of course. We no longer have the need to visit a movie theater, just pop in a DVD or watch one on the TV. The availability of cell phones, computers, satellite TV, and cable, are great conveniences for us today. The important question is, what are we watching on these screens?

Have we ever considered how all this can, and does, effect how we are living form day to day? For example, what occupy’s your idle time? Is it a screen from one of the above conveniences? If this is true, like many of us, what are you watching? How long are we watching?

I have found myself spending far to much time in front of my phone’s screen. The wonderful Holy Spirit brought this to my attention, not as a condemnation, He does not condemn us, but in a way that made me think.

How is this effecting my life, in relation to my Father God? This is what came to light for me.

The Bible, in Matthew 6:22-23, says the eye is the lamp of the body.

“The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be full of light.

Mat 6:23, “ But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If the light in you is darkness, how dark it will be!”

Notice where the Holy Spirit placed this verse. Right in the middle of, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (v. 21) Then He put at the end in v. 24, “You cannot serve God and mammon.” The New Testament, taught by Jesus, says holiness proceeds from the heart. This means to forsake any ambition that compromises your commitment to God.

Psa. 119:37, “Turn my eyes away from worthless things. Give me a new life in your ways.”

Are we compromising our time with the God of heaven enamored by something for hours? If this is true, we are slowly distancing our relationship with our Savior and Lord. Our spirit becomes less sensitive to the Holy Spirits leading. Walking in the spirit becomes harder as we spend more time in front of a screen, than in front of the Bible. Remember, what enters the eye has an effect on our whole body. If our eye is light (living in the light of the Gospel) we see clearly. If the eye is evil (looking at things the world enjoy) the body is full of darkness, thoughts and amnitions.

For the ones that are trapped in the lust of the eye, there are scripture verses that apply to this as well. Job made a covenant with his eyes.

Job 31:1, “I have made an agreement with my eyes. Then how can I look with lust at a virgin?”

For those that think the Old Testament is not for today, let me remind you how Jesus repeated this in the New Testament in

Matthew 5:28, “But I can guarantee that whoever looks with lust at a woman has already committed adultery in his heart.”

If you are looking, you are lusting. Seek the Lord for deliverance and get set free from that bondage.

Life in this world is trying to compete for our time. There are important needs and obligations that demand our attention and must be met. How much time are we spending with God verses the time spent on other interests? That question is for you to answer!

Seek first the Kingdom of God and all these things shall be added to you!

Al S.