WORD OF LIFE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL: DIVINE HELP ... DAY 6 ... I AM THE APPLE OF GOD'S EYE

SATURDAY 05 MAY 2018

I AM THE APPLE OF GOD'S EYE

God treasures in a particular and a special way the people with which he is in the covenant. He treats them differently with others. Not because they are better than anybody else but because they belong to a better covenant. For example, God calls his people “the apple of his eye”.

Why does God call his people “the apple of his eye”? “What does it mean?”

The Bible references below (from the King James Version, translated in 1611) contain the English idiom "apple of my eye." However the "apple" reference comes from English idiom, not biblical Hebrew. The Hebrew literally says, "dark part of the eye." The Hebrew idiom also refers to the pupil, and has the same meaning, but does not parallel the English use of "apple."

In Old English, the pupil of the eye (the round, dark center) was called the 'apple'. It was thought that the pupil was a round object much like an apple (a piece of fruit). When you look at someone, their reflection appears in your pupil. So if someone is the 'apple of your eye', he or she is someone that you look at a lot and enjoy seeing.

The same way the apple of one’s eye is a very sensitive place and therefore very protected, the same way being the apple of God’s eye, he holds His children close, and He can protect them as easily as our eyelids protect our pupils as we can read in the Scriptures below.

It is written in Deuteronomy 32:10 “He found him in a desert land, in a place of horror, and of vast wilderness: he led him about, and taught him: and he kept him as the apple of his eye.”

It is written also in Zechariah 2:8 “For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory he hath sent me to the nations that have robbed you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of my eye:”

It is written again in Psalms 17:8 (16-8) “From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.”

My friend, understand today that in Christ, you are “the apple of God’s eye”. What does it mean? It means first of all that you are called to reflect his image on the earth. When people see you, they must see God. It means secondly that God loves and treasures you more than anything else on earth. It means thirdly that God watches over you with a particular attention.

What is your responsibility?

The same way the apple of the eye is one of the parts that we keep closely , the same way you will enjoy the benefits of being the apple of God’s eye if you value your closeness to God more than your closeness to men, to material things or anything else in your life.

PROPHETIC DEDCLARATIONS AND PRAYERS

PRAYER 1 | BECAUSE YOU ARE THE APPLE OF GOD’S EYE, NO SATANIC PLAN OR DIVINATION WILL PREVAIL OVER YOU . . .

IT IS WRITTEN "No Satanic plan against Jacob nor divination against ME can ever prevail. " (Numbers 23:23 ISV)

PRAYER 2 | BECAUSE YOU ARE THE APPLE OF GOD’S EYE, GOD WILL PRESERVE YOU FROM NOW ON THE EARTH UNTIL YOU WILL REACH HEAVEN.

IT IS WRITTEN “The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will take me safely to his heavenly kingdom. Glory belongs to him forever and ever! Amen.” (2 Timothy 4:18)

PRAYER 3 | BECAUSE YOU ARE THE APPLE OF GOD’S EYE, SEE YOURSELF COVERED UNDER THE WINGS OF THE ALMIGHTY. LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND PRAISE HIM FOR HIS WINGS SPREAD OVER YOU !

IT IS WRITTEN “The Lord will cover [me] with his feathers, and under his wings [I] will find refuge. His truth is my shield and armor.” (Psalm 91:4)

PRAYER 4 | BECAUSE YOU ARE THE APPLE OF GOD’S EYE, THE LORD WILL PRESERVE YOU AGAINST THE TERRORS OF THE NIGHT, THE ARROWS OF THE WICKED, THE PLAGUES AND THE EPIDEMICS.

IT IS WRITTEN “I do not need to fear terrors of the night, arrows that fly during the day, plagues that roam the dark, epidemics that strike at noon. (Psalm 91: 5-6)

PRAYER 5 | BECAUSE YOU ARE THE APPLE OF GOD’S EYE, THE HUNTERS' TRAPS AND THE DEADLY PLAGUES WILL NEVER AFFECT YOU!

IT IS WRITTEN “They will not come near [me], even though a thousand may fall dead beside [me] or ten thousand at my right side. I only have to look with my eyes to see the punishment of wicked people.” (Psalm 91:7-8)

JESUS IS LORD !