The basis of this title originated from God instructing Abram to “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are…” Read Genesis 13:14 (ESV). Now, I found an interesting contrast in a verse before God instructed Abram. Prior to Abram’s instruction, the Bible says, “…And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.” Read Genesis 13:10 (NKJV). Now I find this interesting because Lot also looked, and he saw what he thought was a beautiful land; not knowing that the land he looked at and saw was going to be a real problem for him. Lot saw with his natural eyes, and that caused him a whole lot of trouble. Here we can see the implication of natural sight as against spiritual sight. Continue reading “Lift up your eyes and see: Guard your heart – Part 3” →