Watch The Eyelids

Psalm 11: 1 – 7

Watch the eyelids

1 In the LORD I put my trust; How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”? 2 For look! The wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow on the string, that they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart. 3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? 4 The LORD Is in His holy temple, The LORD’s throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men. 5 The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates. 6 Upon the wicked He will rain coals; Fire and brimstone and a burning wind shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.

Today’s impacting truth is revealed in verse 4 which says, “The LORD Is in His holy temple, The LORD's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

There is value in observing other people with your eyes. In fact, you can take some courses that help you determine what another person is really about not just what they say. For example, if a person is lying, their micro-expression will be an emotion of distress, characterized by the eyebrows being drawn upwards towards the middle of their forehead, causing short lines to appear across the skin of the forehead.

When people remember details their eyes move up and to the left if they are left-handed. When right-handed people make something up, their eyes move up and to the right. People also tend to blink more rapidly (eye flutter) as they are telling a lie.

Watching the eyelids reveals different issues such as when one tends to close the eyes longer that the usual blink when a person sees or hears something they do not agree with.

Even though there are billions of humans living on this planet our Awesome Holy El Shaddai, Almighty God knows what is going on in everyone’s life. His eyes see through all what we say and do.

Today’s Psalm describes what was occurring in David’s life. After Saul realized that David was the one who our Heavenly Father selected to replace him, he began a variety of schemes to get David killed. At first, he would send David on basically suicide missions. If Saul truly understood and knew the LORD, then he would have saved his energy and thoughts. For if our Holy God called David for a purpose, Saul would have known that our Precious Master would make sure all things would happen just as He planned.

Psalm eleven is a psalm in praise of Adoni Yahweh. The principle idea of it is that once a man has put his trust in Father God and taken Him as his refuge he can stand firm against all opposition, whatever the danger, because The Lord Yahweh Is with him. For Almighty God looks down and sees all and brings about His righteous will. And it stresses that such a man will not stoop to the evil behavior of the unrighteous in retaliation, for to do so would shake the very foundations of God’s Law. To behave in such a way would be to make him evil too. And then what would the righteous do? To whom would they be able to turn? It is a firm statement that if men behave unrighteous towards us it does not justify our behaving in the same way towards them.

1 In the LORD I put my trust; How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”?

If we go back in time when David was young we see that he has taken refuge in The Great Yahweh. He could have no stronger or safer position. Thus, all his judgments must be made in this light. Sometimes such a man may need temporarily to flee, but he must also consider his duties and responsibilities and decide what is best for the establishment of righteousness and a true foundation for life.

So, he challenges the advice given to him by those around him. How should such a one as he flees? Even though this was a nerve-racking dangerous period in his life, David was closer to the LORD than probably any other time in his life. This psalm is a great comfort for all people who are facing some great crisis in life. Our normal reactions in these situations are fight or flight. In most situations we want to flee like a bird.

2 For look! The wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow on the string, that they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart.