Guard your Eyes and Ears

“My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.” Proverbs 4:20-22 NKJV

In an article titled “Elk Chases Runner in Colorado Park” published Monday, the following was reported: When you’re sharing trails with wildlife, keeping your distance from any creatures you come across is the key to survival. A runner in Colorado learned that lesson this weekend when he passed too close to an elk, and the female, perceiving a threat, chased after him. In a video posted by Colorado Parks and Wildlife Services, you can see the runner heading down a dirt path. The elk is on the road beside the trail and chases the man as he runs past. While the elk backed off and stopped pursuing the man after a few seconds, the Colorado team warned against underestimating these creatures. “Mammas are strong & will protect their lil' ones Wildlife are protecting & raising their young. Moose, deer and elk with newborn calves and fawns can become aggressive to defend them,” they wrote on Twitter.

And you know, when it comes to protecting our own lil’ ones, you and I would do well to never underestimate the potential for them to see and hear things that will cause them harm—things that come into their eye-gates and their ear-gates through movies, television, books, social media and apps such as TikTok, instructing them instead to listen to what the Bible says and not letting it’s instruction depart from their eyes. In other words, we must train our children and ourselves to keep our distance from everything that is contrary to the Word, knowing that it’s as poisonous to our souls and spirits as arsenic is to our bodies. 

So make every effort to be a good example of what it means to take in only what is holy and wholesome so that your children will be inspired to do the same my friend. After all, they are more apt to give attention to our words when we model the instruction we are giving. 

Heavenly Father, thank You for reminding us that what we put into our hearts and minds through our eyes and ears has a profound impact on us. Help us to vigilantly guard our own eye-gates and ear-gates and that of our children as well. It’s in your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen. 

Happy Running!