Eyes Down....

Very often life is hard for us – we have our call to follow Christ and we have all the pressures of work and study placed on us too. It is often no surprise that we call out to God in help. We feel we need his help just to survive. When this happens I wonder if Satan feels he’s got us where he wants us. Looking at ourselves. Thinking on getting through the day. Eyes looking down. And when your heads down then the chances are you feel beaten – and if it’s how you feel it’s probably how you act.

But the Bible tells us Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. [3] And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Col. 4:2-3.

It’s not just that we are people who pray, but are people who are looking to see what God is doing around us. Our eyes should be looking up. And when we see what He is doing around us we should learn to celebrate – because celebrating encourages us to look for more of his work. And if our eyes are up we will get involved in the great things that God is doing – because we’ll see where he’s moving. If our eyes are down we won’t see it. We won’t notice the doors God wants to take us through.