WHAT YOU SEE

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Text : Proverbs 4:21  

Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.

Most of us are familiar with the words of Jesus in Matthew 24:4, "take heed therefore how ye hear" (KJV). But we also ought to take heed how we see. 

Generally speaking, our eyes play an important role in our faith because the Bible is a book to be read, reread, studied, analyzed and then read again. 1 Timothy 4:13 says, "Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture." 

Paul expresses his personal need for reading and study when he requests of Timothy, "When you come, bring . . my scrolls, especially the parchments" (2 Tim 4:13). Our physical eyes, therefore, play an important role in the process of establishing faith and in our unending effort to remain strong in that faith.

For anyone to be established in the faith, he must be well-fed in the word. There are basically two windows through which you can be fed, viz:

1. Your eyes and 

2. Your ear, Matt. 13:13.

What comes out from your mouth is a function of what is in your heart. Matthew 12:34. Luke 6:45. 

 *And what is in your heart is a function of what you have stored there through your ears and eyes. Pay attention to what you see and ear.* 

This is why you should take the prayers in Ephesians 1:17-18 very seriously. *Without ears and sight, no one can come to the saving knowledge of Christ. Matt. 13:16-17.* 

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1. pray that the eyes of your understanding be enlightened that you may kno2 what is the hope o: His Calling. 

2. Pray for the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ.

Bible reading: Matthew 13:1-23.

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