Psalm 131:1 Lord My heart is not proud and my eyes are not haughty. I don't concern myself with matters too great or too awesome for me to grasp.
When we go to worship with haughty eyes we really are not seeing anything at all. Our problem is a plank sticking in our eyes called pride. It may take a humiliating experience to allow us to see that and to ask God for his help.One day Jesus told a story about two men who went to the temple to pray (Luke 18:10). One was a Pharisee and the other a despised Tax Collector. Sometimes like that Pharisee we think we are worshiping yet we are not seeing God at all. Like the Pharisee who lifted his eyes and prayed with himself, we are missing out completely. He never saw God as Holy (He was convinced that he himself was). He never saw his neighbor as God saw and so considered him of no value. He never saw himself and so missed His chance to have his sins forgiven. But the tax collector saw with 20/20 God vision. Though he was standing in the temple, he knew he had a problem that only God could help him with. He never looked up at all but he cried out and God heard him. We do not know if he even noticed the Pharisee praying, though I am sure that the Pharisee hoped to be seen. What mattered to the tax collector was that God would see and hear him, and God answered. O God, deliver us from Haughty eyes today so we can have open hearts and humble eyes to see and worship you!
When we go to worship with haughty eyes we really are not seeing anything at all. Our problem is a plank sticking in our eyes called pride. It may take a humiliating experience to allow us to see that and to ask God for his help.One day Jesus told a story about two men who went to the temple to pray (Luke 18:10). One was a Pharisee and the other a despised Tax Collector. Sometimes like that Pharisee we think we are worshiping yet we are not seeing God at all. Like the Pharisee who lifted his eyes and prayed with himself, we are missing out completely. He never saw God as Holy (He was convinced that he himself was). He never saw his neighbor as God saw and so considered him of no value. He never saw himself and so missed His chance to have his sins forgiven. But the tax collector saw with 20/20 God vision. Though he was standing in the temple, he knew he had a problem that only God could help him with. He never looked up at all but he cried out and God heard him. We do not know if he even noticed the Pharisee praying, though I am sure that the Pharisee hoped to be seen. What mattered to the tax collector was that God would see and hear him, and God answered. O God, deliver us from Haughty eyes today so we can have open hearts and humble eyes to see and worship you!
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