What Are You Looking At?

Job 31:1 - “I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?"

Jesus tells us in Matthew 6:22 that “The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light." In Job's case, he knew there was much more at stake than merely sinning by looking with lust at a woman in an adulterous manner. He understood how the world will tempt us with its beauty in any number of ways. In Job’s case, it is an attractive virgin. However, we know that the only things not truly defiled by sin are the things God gives, and not what we take through inordinate desire.

What we allow our eyes to gaze upon will result in a covenant with our soul, and ultimately it will capture our heart. What we permit our eyes to gaze upon today will become our master tomorrow. Those who know the Lord must turn their eyes upon Him, the Beloved. For in so doing, we consecrate ourselves as His bride and our covenant of marriage to Him alone.