When staying at a hotel a few days ago, I had the chance to get up earlier than the rest of my family. And have a shower (you know when in a hotel, they usually only have 1 washroom/shower), and spend some time with the LORD.
Like most hotels and apartment's there is the security door peephole that you can tell who is at your door.
As I was walking past our hotel door, I looked at it and the LORD said "try looking through with both eyes."
You know when you look through, you often shut one eye so that you can see clearly (single) through the peephole - right? Double vision won't do, you need single vision or a single eye.
JESUS said "If your eye is single, your whole body will be full of light".
For LOVE to work, you need focus - you will love one thing and reject (hate) the other, clinging to one.
GOD'S kingdom works by faith and love, which you don't have on your own, and can't create or drum up (by yourself), they are gifts and out-flowings of the HOLY SPIRIT.
When you just choose JESUS, and give up (exchange) your own thinking, worrying, pondering for HIS thoughts, HIS peace..you are then seeing 'single eye', and can see clearly (like through the hotel door) what is right in front of you! What you need to know is right in front of you (hotel door) but you can't see it, because you are either have no knowledge of the door peephole, (so don't' use it) or you are trying to look with both eyes (double vision) and need to humble yourself and see with one only.
James says a "double minded man is unstable in all his ways" James 1:8
BTW did you know that King James changed the book of "Jacob" to "James" naming after himself?
Anyway, look only to JESUS.
Using your thoughts, ignore reject thoughts of fear, and doubt and confusion and reason.
Instead look to (thoughts/impressions) from JESUS (inside you) of peace, faith, favour, LIFE!
You, like Peter walking on the water, when he looked (single eye) to JESUS - he (Peter) was doing the impossible, he was walking on water!
Trying to look at JESUS but then looking at the wind and waves, causes doubt and drowning.
Simply put, its easier to notice the obvious - the wind and waves.
Your mind has a hard time rationalizing JESUS walking on water - can that be even true or right?
But seeing wind and waves on the water, well that is nothing new, that doesn't take faith, anyone can see and notice that!
It takes faith to let go of your foolish thoughts, and look (inner SPIRITUAL eyes) to see /hear what JESUS is saying to you, on the inside and ignore what your senses are telling you (screaming at you) from the outside - effecting your thinking!
Single vision, your entire body is full of light!
Double vision, (which in the Greek, is simply the folding over of the single to double) so its like looking through the hotel security peep hole using both your eyes!
-eric
