March 4, 2006
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One of my part-time occupations is being a school bus driver. So being in touch with children a lot, I’m exposed to pink-eye a lot. So I try to be careful and treat it right away at the first symptoms. Because my eyes (and your eyes) are priceless. They are marvelous examples of a delicate and intricate mechanism. They are constant reminders of the Creator’s wisdom and power. Through them I look out on the world in which I live.
My eyes have been fair to me under the most exacting conditions. They have stood the test time and again. I use them constantly from waking until bedtime. In all that I have attempted, my eyes have had their part. They have enabled me to enjoy the work of artists, authors and poets. My eyes have enjoyed the wonders of God’s creation: the birds, flowers, trees, seas, mountains and plains.
My eyes have seen my loved ones: parents (who are now at home with the Lord) relatives and friends. My eyes have looked on multitudes of people, among whom were some of earth’s notables. (Barbara Bush was here in Dunkerton once).
But the most marvelous sight of all is yet future! My eyes will one day see the Lord Himself. The unfailing Word of God says, “Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him” Revelation 1:7.
The eyes of those who are saved will see Him as Savior. Yes, my eyes shall “see the King in His beauty.” They will see the One “who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree.” 1 Peter 2:24.
But the eyes of the unsaved will see Him as Judge. To meet Him as judge will mean to perish, for as judge He will have to say, “Depart from Me.” “Ye will not come to Me, that ye might have life” John 5:40.
The greatest of all sights is still ahead for me. “We know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.”
Will you see Him as Savior-------or as Judge?

Russ Nesbit