APPLE
OF HIS EYE
Zechariah
2:4-13
Devotional:- “...for
he who touches you touches the apple or pupil of His eye” (V. 8) AMPL
One
of the most honourable and highly protected parts of our body is our eye. It is
highly protected because of its importance and delicacy. The eye is the light
of the body (Matthew 6:22, Luke 11:34). A man without sight is blocked without
light. He will need to learn to see with the inner eye. Because of the
importance of the eye, everyone takes time to wash it with all care and
caution. When things are coming against it, wise people will always avoid it.
When something little enters the eye, we become restless until it is removed.
The truth is that you cannot allow anyone to touch your eye. It is a reflex
action for you to close it at such times.
That
is why God likened His children to the apple of His eye. The apple in the eye
here is the figurative expression of the eyeball. As far as God is concerned,
you are so precious and important. Can you imagine the value He puts on you to
have allowed His only son to die just for you? Can you imagine the kind of pain
He had to go through as a father looking at His son being nailed to the cross
just because of you?
Stop
allowing anything to threaten your security or your peace. He that watches over
you never sleeps or slumbers (Psalms 121:4). You need to learn to live daily in
the arms of the Lord (Hebrews 4:11). And do not allow anything to shake your
confidence. Go out each day and make your journey with the peace and confidence
of God, knowing that you will surely return safely. Stop panicking. You are too
precious and special to God. He is jealously watching over you like His eye.
Even the devil knows this. That is why, until you are made afraid, you cannot
be defeated. Don’t let anyone deceive you into any information of fear. God is
watching over you. And you are secure daily.
Prayer:
Lord, help me to always believe in your care for me.
“YOUR
LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE DETERMINES YOUR LEVEL OF SECURITY.”
