Have Generous Eyes
There’s a prayer tucked into Psalms (25:4,10) that I’ve come to love more the older I get:
“Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths…
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth…”
Not some of His paths. Not the “easy” ones.
All of them.
Which means if I’m walking with Him, I’m walking in mercy, i.e compassion, patience, kindness, grace. That’s not a side quest. That is the path.
And we know the path isn’t abstract, it’s a Person.
Jesus Christ said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” So when we ask God to show us His ways… we’re really asking to see like Jesus sees, to walk like Jesus walks, to love like Jesus loves.
Now here’s where it gets practical and a little uncomfortable.
In Matthew (6:22,23), Jesus says something that sounds simple, but it’s actually deep:
“The eye is the lamp of the body… if your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.”
But the Greek word for “healthy” doesn’t just mean clear vision.
It means generous.
And “unhealthy”?
That means stingy.
So let me say it plainly:
If your eyes are generous, your whole life fills with light.
If your eyes are stingy, darkness spreads fast.
That means your eyes aren’t just observing the world…
they’re searching it.
Like a spotlight.
The question is:
What are you scanning for?
Are you scanning for what people owe you?
What they did wrong?
What you don’t have?
Or are you scanning for opportunities to bless… to lift… to give… to love?
Now let’s connect this to Isaiah (40:31):
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
We’ve heard that verse so many times we almost miss it.
“Wait” doesn’t mean sitting on a bench, arms crossed, hoping God shows up.
It’s more like a waiter in a fine restaurant, eyes up, attentive, leaning in, ready.
Or like a lion in the grass, lying in wait, not passive, but intensely focused, watching for the right moment.
Waiting on the Lord is active. It’s alert. It’s hungry.
So imagine this:
You wake up in the morning and say,
“Lord, show me Your ways today.”
And then… you start watching.
Not for your next blessing,
but for your next opportunity to be a blessing.
That’s when something shifts.
Because here’s the truth:
God doesn’t just want to bless you.
He wants to bless others through you.
You become a conduit. A channel.
And when that channel stays open, when your eyes stay generous, something starts to flow.
A word of encouragement here.
A moment of patience there.
A small act of kindness that feels insignificant to you, but lands like a miracle to someone else.
And suddenly, you’re not running dry anymore.
You’re experiencing what feels like an ever-flowing fountain, not because you’re holding on tighter… but because you’re letting it pass through.
I’ve seen this play out in the smallest moments.
A conversation you didn’t feel like having…
turns into exactly what someone needed.
A few extra minutes…
becomes a divine appointment.
A simple smile…
breaks through someone’s darkness.
That’s what generous eyes do.
They don’t wait for big, dramatic moments.
They notice what everyone else walks past.
And here’s the anchor that holds it all together:
You cannot fully love God
without loving the people He loves.
And that includes the inconvenient ones.
The overlooked ones.
The ones still far from Him, the ones He’s actively pursuing right now.
So if we want to walk His paths, paths of mercy and truth,
we don’t just ask for direction…
We ask for vision.
“Lord, give me generous eyes.”
Eyes that look for mercy.
Eyes that expect opportunities.
Eyes that are ready to move the moment You nudge.
Because when you live like that…
You will run and not grow weary.
You will walk and not faint.
Not because life got easier,
but because you finally aligned yourself with the flow of heaven.
So tomorrow morning, before the day starts pulling at you,
try this:
“Show me Your ways, Lord…
and give me eyes to see them.”
Then step out like a servant.
Like a watchman.
Like someone expecting God to move.
Because He will.
And more often than not…
He’ll do it through you.