January 29
Psalms 119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
The continual watching of ungodly sights and hearing of foul sounds numbs our senses to evil. When we constantly subject ourselves to them, we actually train our spirit to be comfortable with them. We fight against the God-given Holy Spirit in us who, by the means of our conscience, would normally reject them.
How sad, how pitiful, how pathetic it is when we vex, and abuse the Spirit of God in us through our deliberate subjection to worldly vanities. Eventually, we numb our senses and we cannot discern good from bad and right from wrong anymore. Our conscience becomes eared (1 Timothy 4:2) and we cannot recognize the voice of His Spirit anymore. Ultimately, we do not even feel when God is grieved within us.
O how those worldly vanities sap the strength and spirit out of us so we become soul-less, spirit-less humanoids easily reachable to be used by Satan. Like King David in this passage, let us honestly, sincerely and without reservations, ask the Lord to ‘turn away’ our eyes (as it seems we cannot do it ourselves) from beholding and loathing at the prideful and vain sights and sounds of the world, so He can ‘quicken’* us.
*Quicken: to make alive.
Psalms 25:15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Psalms 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
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