apple of my eye
It’s a double-post kind of day!
This morning, I was doing my study in Hebrews 1 and was led to Proverbs 7.
1 My daughter, keep my words
and store up my commands within you.
2 Keep my commands and you will live;
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
I saw verse 2 in a new light… the bible speaks many times about how WE are the apple of God’s eye (for example, in Psalm 17:8). The phrase is an expression of love that we still use today. The double use of the phrase in scripture creates a comparison. If I am the apple of His eye, and He would like to see His teachings (the Bible) become the apple of my eye, then consider this…Maybe I should love His word as much as He loves me!
I heard a teacher once explain that the expression “apple of your eye” comes from the idea that when I gaze at an apple, it is reflected in my pupil. When God gazes at me, I am reflected in His eye. I should daily gaze at His word so that it is reflected in me.
love double-post days 🙂 thank you for sharing your perspective on this…yes, i need to gaze at His word daily to see it reflected in me.