Good Morning Friends,
“These are the words of the Son of God, whose
eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.”
(Revelation 2:18)
Jesus uses different pictures to describe
Himself as He writes the messages to the seven churches. To the church at
Thyatira, He describes His eyes and His feet.
He says His eyes are like blazing fire. They
are penetrating. They are able to see everything, even those things that people
would like to keep hidden from Him. He doesn’t just see what is on the outside –
our actions. He sees even what is on the inside, the thoughts and motives and intents
of the heart. He sees us through and through.
That’s bad news for those who would like to
fake it before God – it can’t be done. Hypocrisy will be seen by God for what
it is. But the penetrating vision of Jesus is good news for those who want God
to see us clearly in order to help us become more and more like Jesus. The work
God does in our lives will be the work that we really need – because He really
knows us – knows all about us.
He says His feet are like burnished bronze. Bronze
was the strongest metal of that day, so the image of feet out of bronze relates
to the strength that Jesus has to stand no matter what forces come against Him.
Satan cannot move Him. The powers of the world cannot move Him. The forces of
nature cannot move Him. Death cannot move Him. Nothing can move Him. What He promises,
He will be strong enough to fulfill. We can count on Jesus because of His
awesome strength.
Penetrating vision so that He sees what is
going on around us clearly and sees us clearly. And awesome strength so that we
are assured that He has the strength to help no matter what the powers arrayed
against us and no matter what our need is.
That is the Jesus we can rely on!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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