God's Eyes on You: Guidance, Strength & Love

After reading these Scriptures about God’s eyes, I feel seen and loved by God. You will, too.
You’ll find a Scriptural prayer below that you can pray today for Israel (see Psalm 122:6) and for the nations.
And there are 2 prayers for you!

What Are God’s Eyes Doing?

“These seven are the eyes of the LORD, which range through the whole earth.”

Zechariah 4:10 (ESV) (See Zechariah 4:2 for the description of the seven.)

God’s eyes are on us. He is looking on our hearts and our ways.

But he isn’t just watching us. God’s eyes do more than see.

These Scriptures about God’s eyes reveal how he is intimately involved in our lives on earth, from beginning to end.

Guiding

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

Psalm 32:8 (NKJV)

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will advise you with My eye upon you.

Psalm 32:8 (NASB)

Strongly Supporting the Loyal

For the eyes of the LORD roam throughout the earth, so that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.

2 Chronicles 16:9 (NASB)

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him….

2 Chronicles 16:9 (NKJV)

Keeping Watch on All People

… My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

Psalm 139:13-16 (ESV)

The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.

Proverbs 15:3 (NIV)

And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Hebrews 4:12-13 (ESV)

For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths.

Proverbs 5:21 (ESV)

For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from me, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.

Jeremiah 16:17 (ESV)

Great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

Jeremiah 32:19 (ESV)

Does not he see my ways and number all my steps?

Job 3:4 (ESV) (Job is speaking.)

“For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.”

Job 34:21 (ESV) (Elihu is speaking.)

That your fasting may not be seen by others, but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Matthew 6:18 (ESV)

The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.

Psalm 34:15 (ESV)

Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love….

Psalm 33:18 (ESV)

For the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

1 Peter 3:12 (NIV)

Also see Job 24:23, Genesis 16:13.

Keeping Watch on All Nations

… who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations.

Psalm 66:7 (ESV)

Prayer for the Nations:

God, we pray for the leaders of nations and for all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.

(See 1 Timothy 2:1-2, NKJV.)

Knowing People

A Psalm of David. O LORD, you have searched me and known me!

Psalm 139:1 (ESV)

Here in Psalm 139:1, David is talking to God about the very thing that God had told Samuel in 1 Samuel 16:7: that God had looked at David’s heart.

Looking On What Is Precious

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Psalm 116:15 (ESV)

Let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.

1 Peter 3:3-4 (ESV)

Keeping Watch on His Firstborn (Exodus 4:22)

For the people of Israel belong to the LORD; Jacob is his special possession. He found them in a desert land, in an empty, howling wasteland. He surrounded them and watched over them; he guarded them as he would guard his own eyes.*

*Hebrew: “as the pupil of his eye”

Deuteronomy 32:9-10 (NLT) (See Deuteronomy 31:30 – 32:47.)

… for he who touches you [people of Zion] touches the apple of his [the LORD of hosts’] eye.

Zechariah 2:8 (ESV)

Keeping His Favored Ones

Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings….

Psalm 17:8 (NASB)

Keeping Watch on the Land He Gave Israel

“… a land that the LORD your God cares for. The eyes of the LORD your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.”

Deuteronomy 11:12 (ESV) (For context, see Deuteronomy 11.)

Blessing & Prayer for Israel:

Lord, we bless the apple of your eye, your firstborn, Israel.
We bless the land that you care about so deeply and that your eyes are always upon.
We pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
May they prosper who love you.
(See Psalm 122:6, Zechariah 2:8, Exodus 4:22, and Deuteronomy 11:12, NKJV.)

Watching Over His Word to Perform It

The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I watch over my word to accomplish it.”

Jeremiah 1:12 (HCSB)

(Also see Isaiah 40:8 and Luke 1:37.)

Protecting Knowledge

The eyes of the LORD protect knowledge.

Proverbs 22:12 (NASB)

Being Like a Flame of Fire

… His eyes were like a flame of fire….

Revelation 1:14 (ESV)

2 Things I Want to Do & 2 Prayers for You

As I considered God’s eyes guiding me (Psalm 32:8) and strongly supporting those whose heart is completely his (2 Chronicles 16:9), I realized something. I have a part in receiving those things. There are two things I want to do.

Look to God’s Eyes

A look from someone who loves me can communicate a lot. I want to see his eyes guiding me! I want to be looking to God, living in relationship with him the way the rest of Psalm 32 so beautifully illustrates. (See Psalm 32 on BibleGateway.com.)

Prayer: God, thank you for guiding me with your eyes. Help me respond to your guidance quickly and fully, with joy and love.

Make My Heart Completely His

I want my heart to be completely God’s. Then I can receive his strong support as 2 Chronicles 16:9 declares. (Also see Proverbs 4:23 and John 10:10.)

Prayer: God, please make my heart your tablet, on which you have room to write everything you desire to write—in and through this life.

Thank you for being here, friend, as we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.

Blessings,

AmyLu

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God’s Eyes on You: Guidance, Strength & Love