BLOG – June 2020
apple of your eye (part 1)
Keep me as the apple of your eye…(Psalm 17:8 NIV)
I recently came upon this expression during a Bible study in a Sunday school class. I thought, Why would David ask to be “the apple” of God’s eye?
And furthermore, what part of the eye is the apple? My curiosity got the best of me and I discovered that the “apple of one’s eye” actually refers to the pupil of the eye. In ancient times, the pupil was believed to be a round, solid object comparable to an apple.
We now know that the pupil is not a solid object; it is the opening in the iris, the colored part of your eye. The muscles of the iris control the amount of light that passes through the pupil by controlling its size and shape. Since light is essential to vision, the pupil was held to be something precious.
So in Psalm 17:8, when David asked God to “Keep me as the apple of your eye” he was asking that God would look upon him as His cherished child, the object of His abundant affection.
Did you know if you look deeply into your friend’s eyes, you will see, as in a mirror a tiny reflection of yourself? The Hebrew words for “apple of the eye” are translated as “the little man” in the eye – an affectionate term of endearment.
The same is true of our relationship with God. Just as you see a tiny version of yourself in the eyes of your friend, God sees a tiny reflection of Himself when He looks at you. Do you know that you were created in God’s image? You are His cherished child, His precious possession. You are the apple of God’s eye!
BLOG – JULY 2020
apple of your eye (part 2)
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness;
he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the
apple of his eye. (Deuteronomy 32:10 NIV)
In this verse, “He” refers to God and “him” refers to the Israelites who were traveling out of Egypt to the Promised Land in Canaan. During their journey, the Israelites spent forty years wandering through the wilderness of the Sinai desert.
During this time God found them, not by chance, but by choice. He showed them the way with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, so they could travel during the day or night (Exodus 13:21). God gave them instructions on two stone tablets (Exodus 20:1-17). He nourished them in the morning with manna, bread that came down from heaven like the dew, and meat from quail that flew in at night (Exodus 16: 8), and water from a rock (Exodus 17:6).
Is there any wonder that you can trust God to supply your every need when you have lost your way in the wilderness? Read on and you’ll discover that when God created the human eye, it wasn’t random. He purposefully designed every structure to have a specific function.
Seven strong bones of the orbit make a socket to house, protect and support the eye. The eyelids provide protection from sunlight and foreign objects. They even close when you are asleep to protect your eyes and keep them moist. The eyebrows and eyelashes also prevent debris from entering the eyes.
The cornea, the outermost layer of the eye protects from infection. The aqueous humor provides moisture and nourishment to the cornea and lens of the eye.
So what do you think? Can you trust God to supply your every need when you have lost your way in the wilderness? Believe that God can! He is seeking you! Turn to Him and let Him lead you, instruct you, nourish you and protect you. You are the apple of God’s eye!
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made 