{"id":4140,"date":"2014-12-03T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=4140"},"modified":"2014-12-02T15:01:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T22:01:15","slug":"eyes-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/eyes-right\/","title":{"rendered":"EYES RIGHT!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Psalm 37:1-7<\/strong><\/p>\n

“<\/em>Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.\u00a0 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.\u00a0 Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart.\u00a0 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.\u00a0 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It seems like a lifetime ago that I was in Officer\u2019s Training School and marching across the parade ground. One of the first things we learned was that our eyes were always to be focused directly ahead. The only exception was when we passed the review stand and the order was shouted –\u201cEyes, Right!\u201d After passing the stand the order would be \u201cReady, front!\u201d<\/p>\n

Our spiritual life is not the parade ground, but we can gain some valuable insights from marching in formation. The Psalmist David warns us about letting our eyes focus on the wrong things. It is very easy to fret and envy the wicked when we see them living a life of luxury while we struggle to get by.<\/p>\n

David jars us to attention by reminding us that this world is not our home nor is it their home. There will come a day when the ungodly will stand before God Himself and what a sad day it will be. They will fade like fragile flowers in the sun, but we will shine as the noonday sun. Joy comes in the morning, but until then we need to keep our eyes in the right direction.<\/p>\n

May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!<\/p>\n

– – – Pastor Cecil<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Psalm 37:1-7 “Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.\u00a0 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.\u00a0 Delight yourself in the LORD and He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}