Musings From A Rolling Eyed Turtle

In my last blog post, I wrote that God has eyes.   In the one previous to that, I wrote that God has ears.   While we really don’t know if God has physical eyes and physical ears, we do know that He does see, look and observe and that He does hear, listen and is attentive. While we normally do have physical eyes and ears, it can also be argued that we have spiritual eyes and spiritual ears as well.   On this spiritual side of things, the Word of God has some interesting things to say: Until we’ve put our trust in Christ for salvation, we have spiritual eyes that do not see and spiritual ears that do not hear:   “ Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?” (Mark 8:18) There are times when our spiritual eyes and spiritual ears are not functioning as they should:   “ For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears,   and they have closed their eyes.   Otherwise they might see with their eyes,   hear w

God has eyes!   Not sure?   Come see for yourself…   “ For he knows worthless men; when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?”   (Job 11:11)   To see is to perceive by the eye; to perceive or detect as if by sight.     God not only sees, but He also looks:   “The Lord watches from heaven; he sees all people.   From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth’s inhabitants.”   (Psalm 33:12-14)   To look is to exercise the power of vision upon.   God not only sees and looks carefully but He also observes:   “For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.”   (Job 34:21)   To observe is to watch carefully especially with attention to details or behavior for the purpose of arriving at a judgment   What purpose does God have in mind when He sees, looks closely and observes carefully?   “God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who u

God has ears! Not sure?   Hear me out… The Psalmist wrote:   “I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and He will hear me.”   (Psalm 77:1) To hear is to have the capacity of perceiving sound, to be able to become aware of sound; to perceive or become aware of by the ear. The Psalmist was convinced that God hears our prayers.   In another passage, we find that God listens to us: “We know that   God does not listen to sinners, but   if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.”   (John 9:31) To listen is to be alert to catch an expected sound. God hears our prayers and He listens to them and not only that, He is attentive to our prayers: “Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.”   (2 Chronicles 7:15) To be attentive is to be mindful and observant. All of us want to be heard, to be listened to and to have someone be attentive to what we say.   While we don’t really know if God