In Psalm 16:8 we read: “I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” NIV I wonder how it would affect us if we really kept the Lord always before our eyes? What if I saw Jesus there in every situation, in every problem, and in each person?
I think we would lose our self-dependency. We would stop trusting in ourselves for we would realize that we do not see life like Jesus sees it. We would realize our total need to lean on Jesus in the midst of everyday life.
We would grow in our awareness of God’s presence. We would begin to see him everywhere. How many times did I think that God could not possibly be in that problem only to discover later he was working out his plan? We would see God working in each person’s life. We could sense his presence in our hearts as we travel our journey in life.
We would “see” God more clearly than the world around us. He would become very real to us. We would know that God is here with us. We can smell him in the scent of a flower. We hear him in the song of the birds. We see him in the crimson sunset. He is alive within our lives.
Worry and anxiety would flee away. We need no longer become concerned by the fears of life. Why? We have set the Lord always before our eyes. His perfect love casts out all fear.
We begin to see others as God sees them. We begin to understand the hurt, the rejection and the pain that has driven that jerk at work to act like he does. We grasp the heart of God for people. We grow in his grace toward people. We express his love to the unlovable. We know that whatever we have done unto the least of these we have done unto God.
Finally we grow in purity and holiness. Keeping God always before our eyes keeps us faithful to honor him with our lives. We know he sees all and hears all. Our respect for him and our love for him lift us above the draw of the flesh. Our actions, thoughts and attitudes of our hearts display the character of God at all times.
Do I keep the Lord always before my eyes?
I think we would lose our self-dependency. We would stop trusting in ourselves for we would realize that we do not see life like Jesus sees it. We would realize our total need to lean on Jesus in the midst of everyday life.
We would grow in our awareness of God’s presence. We would begin to see him everywhere. How many times did I think that God could not possibly be in that problem only to discover later he was working out his plan? We would see God working in each person’s life. We could sense his presence in our hearts as we travel our journey in life.
We would “see” God more clearly than the world around us. He would become very real to us. We would know that God is here with us. We can smell him in the scent of a flower. We hear him in the song of the birds. We see him in the crimson sunset. He is alive within our lives.
Worry and anxiety would flee away. We need no longer become concerned by the fears of life. Why? We have set the Lord always before our eyes. His perfect love casts out all fear.
We begin to see others as God sees them. We begin to understand the hurt, the rejection and the pain that has driven that jerk at work to act like he does. We grasp the heart of God for people. We grow in his grace toward people. We express his love to the unlovable. We know that whatever we have done unto the least of these we have done unto God.
Finally we grow in purity and holiness. Keeping God always before our eyes keeps us faithful to honor him with our lives. We know he sees all and hears all. Our respect for him and our love for him lift us above the draw of the flesh. Our actions, thoughts and attitudes of our hearts display the character of God at all times.
Do I keep the Lord always before my eyes?
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