KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE LORD
My eyes are ever toward the LORD, for He shall pluck my feet out of the net._ *Psalm 25:15*
Have you ever tried to make a perfectly straight line of footprints in the sand at the beach? It’s not as easy as you might think. Faced with the challenge, most people would tread slow and steady, heads down, focusing intensely on their feet. When someone attempts this task with their eyes cast downward, you can be sure that they’ll fail. The footprints will be crooked.
When you’re walk with your eyes on your feet, you have no idea where you’re going. The experience is entirely self-centered. There’s no perspective, because you can’t see how you fit into the larger landscape. There's no genuine focus, since every step treads over the last step’s focal point. You haven’t imagined yourself as part of a bigger picture. So to all intents and purposes, you simply plod through the sand aimlessly.
The only way to make a straight line of footprints is to ignore your feet. The key is to look ahead and find a fence post, street sign, or tree off in the distance. Then, with your eyes fixed on that target, just start walking. If you’ve locked your focus on something outside of yourself, your path will be straight every time.
The same is true in our spiritual lives. If we walk through life concentrating inwardly, we’ll fail to see the bigger picture and likely go off course. But when we focus beyond ourselves and fix our thoughts and spiritual eyes on Jesus, we can trust our path will be straight and trustworthy every step of the way (Isaiah 26:3 NLT).
Prayer: Lord, help me keep my focus on You, for You are the Way, the Truth and the Life.
Scriptural Reading: Psalm 25:8-15
