“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is evil, your whole body is full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness.” (Matthew 6:22-23)
According to the text, the good eye reflects the light in the inner man like a lamp; “the whole body is full of light”. “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.” (Romans 8:2) The evidence of the good eye is a witness of the soul that has believed in the message of the cross. “…whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) From here the soul is translated from darkness into light. “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:13-14) In union with Jesus Christ your soul will be a lamp of light being revealed through the eye. “For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection.” (Romans 6:5) The soul has been born again mirroring the light of Christ. “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.” (Matthew 5:14) Our eyes are like a metaphor. The eyes shining out of our bodies are the light of God within us. It will be noticed in the eyes of the body of Christ. If you look at a person who is redeemed and walking in the light, you will not only see the light, but will see the whole countenance reflecting the light.
The most successful means for mental health is that our soul has been redeemed at Calvary. As we pursue discipleship in Christ the witness of our eyes will mirror the light of Christ and the fruit of the Spirit. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” (Galatians 5:22-23) The fruit of joy exudes out of the soul and is easily seen in your countenance as you walk in the presence of the Lord. “In Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” (Psalm 16:11) One evidence that God uses in displaying Himself in public can be seen when a soul is curious about the things of God. A soul who has been observing Christians in our godly walk may come alongside and say, “I see you are a godly person.” Why is that? The light in our eyes and our countenance is the reason. Once when I was a Military Policeman, the company of MP’s I was assigned to was having a fish fry and a keg of suds. Not wanting to shun my fellow MP’s, I sat down on a bar stool and ordered a soft drink. Another MP came up to me and said, “I see that you are a man of God”. Subsequently, he talked to me about his concerns. He saw something in me reflecting Christ. It is the stature of the Christian soul, beaming the light of God to an unbelieving world. After all, we are sojourners and pilgrims in the world of temptation. “Beloved I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, they may, by your good works glorify God in the day of visitation.” (I Peter 2:11)
Now let’s address the evil eye. If the eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. These souls are reflecting the spiritual darkness of the works of their flesh in their bodies through their eyes of darkness, be it small or great. “Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like, of which I tell you beforehand, just as I told you in times past, that those who practice such things WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.” (Galatians 5:19-21)
Is this not why God declares, “But if your eye is evil, you whole body is full of darkness, HOW GREAT IS THE DARKNESS.” (Matthew 6:23) A dark soul will always mirror through the window of his eye the darkness in his body. This is the root of all aberrant mental health. “For to be worldly minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” (Romans 8:6)
God has provided people with clinical expertise to help those who are in bondage, who are in the quicksand of life. Meanwhile, God is graciously waiting to bring His sheep into His fold. Souls are stumbling in the depravity of their sins. Christ is the way out. “Come to me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30)
Where the grace blows,