Proverbs 27:19

"As water reflects the face, so one's life reflects the heart." 

Proverbs 27:19

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light." 

Matthew 6:22

There is a dynamic connection between the heart, the eye, and the body. Just as the window is a small part of a house, so is the eye a small part of the body. From a window, someone can see into much of a house; from that same window someone can look out, to see the world. Similarly, the eye is the place to look when addressing an individual in conversation - it is the outlet to the internal life of a person. 

The eye is also used to learn through observation. If we want to grow and change, we must observe something new - be it reading, writing, or watching.

I am at a new place in life. I desire to see things in the spirit - not only for my sake, but for the sake of my children. (We have recently discovered that Isaiah, our two-year-old, can see angels and demons.)

We are headed into times of greater tribulation and trials. There will be more warfare than ever before - waging war not against flesh but against principalities. "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." (Ephesians 6:12)

I need my heart right - righteous and clean. I need my eyes alert and watching - seeing more than just flesh. I need my body pure - "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." (Matthew 5:8). I need my mind fixed upon Jesus - constant in prayer, thanksgiving, and intercession.

I need to be ready.

Steady.

Overcoming.

Hallelujah.