Look up!

Proverbs 4: 25

Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.

My dad could do many things. Among them, was that he was an accomplished welder.

He could weld almost every metal, including aluminum.

He would always wear goggles or a welding helmet for protection for his eyes, because of the bright light.

Sometimes I think we all should protect our eyes. Not from the bright lights necessarily—but from the pending darkness that lurks.

Many sins begin with the eyes. What the eyes gaze upon, the heart begins to crave.

Our eyes take in the great big picture, and we allow them to make way too many demands on us.

A glimpse can turn into a gaze, and before you know it, the gaze can turn into a deep craving.

When it’s a godly craving—not to worry. When it’s not, then there’s a real need to be concerned.

Glances can become compulsions and idols and coveting and lusts, if we allow that to happen.

What you and I gaze at, tells a lot of what’s really important to us.

We should fix our eyes on what is ultimately worthy of our attention.

My suggestion…..Maybe we should gaze upward, toward our heavenly calling…………