Healthy Eyes

Mt. 6:22-24

 "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,  but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

I wonder at the connection of these verses, of the concept of a healthy eye and the serving of 2 masters. On the surface they would appear to be unrelated, but could they relate all the way back to v. 19 about laying up treasures in heaven. Certainly the only way to have eternal treasure is to have a healthy eye. Without true spiritual vision there is no way a person can be focused on eternal treasure. 

But then what about these two concepts in particular? Is the relationship similar as to verse 19? With a healthy eye and a body fill of light, a believer would never want to or try to serve two masters. The concept would be entirely foreign. But if the eye were diseased from lack of use for God or too much straining to see all the world has to offer, a Christian could want to serve 2 masters. He could think that he could ride the fence and get the best of both worlds. Oh how strong is the flesh! How often has it confused our thinking and obstructed our vision! 

But if this is the thinking, is that person serving 2 masters at all? Jesus said it is impossible to do this. So this must be another lie that Satan has cleverly foisted on believers. This is so much less extreme than Satan saying, 'I am Satan, come and follow me.' No one would fall for that. But a diseased eye, who can know? Gradual dimming is almost imperceptible until the world has blotted the Lord. How foolish we are! And how strong is the pull of the world!

Father,

Help me keep my eye healthy. I want to serve only you.

In Jesus name,

Amen