Where Are Your Eyes Looking?

"To you I raise my eyes, you who are enthroned in the heavens." - PSALM 123:1.

WE ARE living in "critical times" that are "hard to deal with." (2 Timothy 3:1)  And life is going to become more difficult before Jehovah destroys this wicked world and brings true peace to the earth.  For this reason, we should ask ourselves, 'Whom do I look to for help and direction? We may immediately say, "to Jehovah," and that is the best answer.

 What does it mean to look to Jehovah?  And how can we make sure that we keep looking to him when we have problems?  A long time ago, one Bible writer explained how much we need to look to Jehovah when we need help.  (Read Psalm 123:1-4.)  He said  that when we look to Jehovah, we are like a servant who looks to his master. How so?  A servant looks to or relies on, his master to give him food and protect him.  But he must also watch his master constantly to understand what his master wants him to do, and then he must do it.  Then we can be sure that Jehovah will help us when we need his help. - EPHESIANS 5:17) 

Even though we know that we must always look to Jehovah, sometimes we may become distracted. That is exactly what happened to Jesus' closer friend  Martha. She became "distracted with attending to so many duties." (Luke 10:40-42)  If a faithful person   such as Martha became distracted even though Jesus was right there with her, we should not be surprised that we could distracted too. So, what can distract us from looking to Jehovah?  In this article, we will discuss how we could be distracted by what others do. And we will learn how to keep looking to Jehovah.

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