1 “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.
This is one of the greatest struggles of men and it is nothing new. We have a problem with lust. We tend to look a women and desire. Job had this struggle over three thousand years ago and he made a commitment not to let it happen. He did it by choosing how to look at women. He chose to not look lustfully at them. He controlled the direction of his mind. He controlled his thoughts. Perhaps he also controlled his gaze, where he looked. I have worked over these many years to do the same thing. It is hard to do. First of all, I try always to look people in the face, controlling where I allow my eyes to look. I choose to look above the neck. This is a very simple habit that I have formed over the years, and it has made a big difference in my thought life. I am not perfect, by any means, but it has helped. I choose to look not let my eyes catch those extra pictures as women pass by. It can be very hard to do at first, because we don’t even realize how many times our eyes wander, but it is doable. The second is the thought-wander. I try to control where my thoughts go when my eyes see what inevitably enters my line of sight. It is impossible not to see half the human race, but we can control our second and third thoughts after catching the glimpse. We don’t have to run our thoughts into the gutter. We can catch the thought and move it in a godly direction. Job says this in verse seven. He did not let his heart be led by his eyes. We would do well to follow Job’s advice. This is something we can control. We can be successful in changing the objects of our glances and the thought patterns of our minds.
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