Psalm 17:8 (ESV)

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

What an interesting prayer. In this episode, we reflect on how delicate the eye is — and how close David must have felt to the Lord to ask for such personal protection.

The “apple” refers to the pupil, one of the most sensitive and carefully guarded parts of the body. It’s a picture of nearness and constant care.

Have you ever prayed this prayer? I hadn’t — not until recently.

Charles Spurgeon wrote, “He who uses this prayer intelligently perceives the omniscience of Jehovah, who, better than a hundred eyes, can see all his foes from whichever quarter they may come.”

What comfort to remember that God sees what we cannot and guards what we cannot control.

Together, we’ll consider what it means to entrust our fears and concerns to the One Who watches over us so closely.

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