Proverbs 20:12: The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both.
Insight
If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you? Suppose you were brought before a court on the accusation, “This fellow is a Christian.” Would there be enough evidence there to convict you? Or would you be able to get off free? Would they look at your life and find you are not living like a Christian should? Would they find you do not walk in integrity? Would they find no goodness, no desire for purity? The second thought in these proverbs is this: God has given you eyes to see and ears to hear. Use them. Stop, look, listen. Don’t go blindly through life, seeing but not seeing. Use your eyes. Open your ears. God has given you a certain amount of common sense, a certain amount of “gumption.” Listen to the news God has for you. You cannot make yourself pure. Only God can make you pure. God can give you a standing before Him that removes all the guilt of your sin and enables you to walk in integrity in this world. 1
Application
It is the Word of God that teaches us how to have a walk of integrity, and goodness, and purity. It is the grace of God that leads us to the throne of God to receive the forgiveness of God and cleansing from God. When was the last time you approached His throne of grace in humility, and in brokenness, and asked for His mercy for forgiveness and healing? Read Hebrews 4:14-16 then respond to His invitation.
Motivation
To open their eyes, from darkness to light, from power of Satan to God… Acts 26:18
His gift of sight allows us to see beyond His creation, and into His majesty. – TWEET IT
Prayer
Father, thank You for revealing Yourself to me through all the things I see and hear.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: Poetry (Proverbs) (electronic ed., Vol. 20). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
