Often, not seeing or hearing something is to our benefit.

 

“Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.”  Luke 11:34-36 (ESV) How we see the world is a powerful motivator or detractor. The wise guard what they see as vigorously as they guard the most precious possession they won. Our senses have much to do with our ability to live successful lives. Once you see something, you will never “unsee” it. Once you hear something, you will never “unhear” it. We all will need to deal with whatever we have seen and heard in life, so the prudent diligently guard both. The Scriptures talk of the danger of the lust of the eyes, and of vain chatter, and gossip, and it is the wise, not the legalistic, who limit what they see and hear. When we speak of seeing something that is sinful in terms of it being “pretend” or “made for Hollywood” and think it does not affect us, we lie to ourselves. Seeing and hearing what we should not see and hear can be as addicting as alcohol.   Just as the alcoholic foolishly tries to focus on the positive affects alcohol claims to have on their health, the luster and gossip monger talk of the importance of “being connected” to those around them. Often, not seeing or hearing something is to our benefit.

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