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TAMMUZ 17

HOW We See

“… and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.” (Deu 6:8)

Yes, first impressions are very important. However, I am relatively sure that all of us have been in a position where our first impression of a person, or a situation, was proven to be incorrect, thus nullifying our initial ‘judgment call.’  Embarrassing, is it not, especially if it happens in public.

We are to look at everything through the filter of Torah, always remembering that it is not our ‘judgment call.’  First of all, if we are using the Word of our Elohim as a filter, the ‘processing center’ behind our eyes will remember, as we watch those around us, to “love our neighbor as ourselves” (Lev 19:18). Second, this filter will remind us that we are also to “be kind towards one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as Elohim also forgave you in Messiah” (Eph 4:32). And third, we must always bear in mind that it is the “Word that is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path” (see Ps 119:105). Only as we allow His Word, His Torah, to be our light and our filter, can we not only see what is going on around us, but consequently allow His light to shine through us at the same time.

Be careful how you look at the world around you, brethren … it may not always be what you perceive it to be. And I do not necessarily mean that in a bad way. Truthfully, we are to search for the good in every situation, for we know “that all matters work together for good to those who love Elohim, to those who are called according to His purpose” (Rom 8:28).

“And He said, “Go, and you shall say to this people, ‘Hearing, you hear, but do not understand; and seeing, you see, but do not know.’” (Isa 6:9)

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