HE FEELS LIKE YOU DO
MEMORY VERSE
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched
with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we
are, yet without sin. Hebrews 4:15
READ
Acts 9:1-6
Act 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the
disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Act 9:2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he
found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them
bound unto Jerusalem.
Act 9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined
round about him a light from heaven:
Act 9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul,
Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Act 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom
thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Act 9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to
do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be
told thee what thou must do.
MESSAGE
If you are the apple of God's eyes, you will be
required to channel God's love to those who are hurting. According to 1 John
4:7-8, this includes fellow believers; else you cannot claim to even know God.
That is part of your responsibility, it is an obligation. Being the apple of
God's eyes does not start and end with obligations, there are benefits, rights
and privileges that accrue from this relationship with God. If somebody is
playing with you, the fellow can hit almost any part of your body, but not your
eyes. Anyone who touches your eyes is out to provoke you. If you are the apple
of God's eyes, whoever touches you, touches God, and is playing with the
Consuming Fire.
“In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the
angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.”
Isaiah 63:9
This verse tells us that the Lord suffers whenever the
apple of His eyes is suffering. He does not just show sympathy but He
empathises! A man and his eyes are one. If you hurt the eye of an individual,
he will feel it throughout his whole body. If you feel that something is
getting towards your eyes, what will you do? Even without thinking, you will
not wait for it to get there before you dodge or block it. In Acts 9:1-6, when
Saul was heading for Damascus to touch the apples of God's eyes, the Lord met
him on the way and arrested him. God preempted Saul on that journey and asked
why he was persecuting Him. Anyone touching you is touching the Lord. Whatever
you are going through, He is going through it with you. Hebrews 4:15 says He
feels your infirmities and trials; hence He wants you to communicate with Him
over any disturbing situation so that He can take it away. God stands by the
apple of His eyes to any extent. Beloved, God is with you. He feels exactly
what you feel. He has a stake in what concerns you. Being the apple of His
eyes, He knows most of what you are suffering is because of His name you bear.
He will uphold you. He will stop your enemies before they hatch their evil
plans against you. Remember, He loves you.
PRAYER POINT
Father, grant me
the full benefits of being the apple of Your eyes
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
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