Oh, Be Careful Little Eyes

OH, BE CAREFUL LITTLE EYES

Oh, be careful little eyes, what you see.
Oh, be careful little eyes, what you see.
There's a Father up above, looking down in tender love,
So be careful little eyes, what you see.

Most of us have sang this song as children in Sunday School and the song goes on to add; ears, mouth, hands, feet and heart.  I googled this song to find out who wrote the lyrics, to no avail.  I was surprised to discover, the vast amount of sermons and blogs that have already spun off this song.  Casting Crowns sing SLOW FADE playing off ~ Oh, Be Careful Little Eyes.

How many of us would have avoided sin if we would have set boundaries (safeguards) around our eyes for what we are willing to look at?  We need to put on safety glasses.  In the workplace people wear safety glasses to protect their eyes from situations or environments that could cause damage.

Unless we are physically blind chances are before we do anything we see first.  However, we have become spiritually blinded, numbed and discernment has left us.  The Bible gives us clear direction and leaves no gray area for what we should allow our eyes to see. 

Matthew 6:22(NLT)
“Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. 

Psalms 101:3(NLT)
 I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar.  I hate all who deal crookedly; I will have nothing to do with them.

Job 31:1(NLT)
    “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.

Psalms 119:37(NLT)
    Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word.

2 Peter 2:14-22(NLT)
They commit adultery with their eyes, and their desire for sin is never satisfied. They lure unstable people into sin, and they are well trained in greed. They live under God’s curse.  They have wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong. 
But Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey rebuked him with a human voice. 
These people are as useless as dried-up springs or as mist blown away by the wind. They are doomed to blackest darkness. 
They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With an appeal to twisted sexual desires, they lure back into sin those who have barely escaped from a lifestyle of deception. 
They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.  And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before. 
It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life. 
They prove the truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.” And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.” 

We would all do well to take an inventory of what we allow our eyes to see. 

• What are we reading?  Books, magazines, off the internet?
• What do we watch on TV or at the movies?
• What kind of stores do we enter and view the merchandise?
• How do we look at the opposite sex?
• What are we willing to watch others do? 

Ephesians 5:12(NLT)
It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. 

If it is shameful to talk about these things…what about watching them with our eyes? 

Today I encourage us to put on our spiritual safety glasses.

SLOW FADE