Growing up in Africa, having dusty roads and all that, I always envied people with very white eyes. I used to think they came from better places without dusty roads, or without no dust at all.
To me, having no spots in eyes was its own sign of beauty.
God always has His way of answering me, and so, I remember reading this one article about how much one’s eyes could brighten after drinking lots of water. A lady whose irises were previously very dark brown appeared to have sparkling brown after days of drinking a lot of water. But that wasn’t sustainable for me. I needed an easier way, and I think I found it.
In 1 Samuel 14:27, His word says, “But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that [was] in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.”
Jonathan’s eyes were enlightened, which means to supply with light, after he took the honey. The word also means to illuminate. Which means to ‘shed more light’, or to glow.
Jonathan had been in war, and other versions link his eyes’ shining with renewed vigor and strength, which enabled him to destroy more enemies, as opposed to his fellow soldiers who didn’t eat any honey.
Revelation 10:9 compares honey to a book: So I went to the angel and said to him, “Give me the little book.” And he said to me, “Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”
I think the book here was God’s word.
Deuteronomy 32:13 says “He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the fruit of the fields. He nourished him with honey from the rock, and with oil from the flinty crag,”
With these, I deem that the honey Jonathan took represents God’s word. Amidst battle, take a pause, and take a lick of His word. Your eyes will be sharpened to see the enemy, to see that enemy in their true light — uncircumcised philistines without a covenant with the one true God!
You’ll receive strength and vigor to carry on! Moses spoke of honey from the rock. This rock was a symbol of Jesus, the rock of all ages. And we know that this same rock was the bread of life, the word that became flesh.
Psalms 81:16 tells of the opportunity the Israelites missed, “But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” But to you God gives a new opportunity; “I am the Lord your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” He says. “Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.”
Like Jonathan, He invites you to open up and He’ll not only give you honey, but something even sweeter than honey! At first He compares it to something sweet you know, and after that, He shows you how that word exceeds the sweetness of that honey.
David was a man of the word as well, and if I return to the point of ‘bright eyes’, and how this word causes them to illuminate, my theory is justified in 1 Samuel 16:12. This was when God sent Samuel to anoint a new king;
“So he sent and brought him in. Now he [was] ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the LORD said, “Arise, anoint him; for this [is] the one!”
Now, all Jesse’s sons were handsome, but the scribe went out of the way to distinguish how bright David’s eyes were. It wasn’t about them being blue or green in the iris’ color. I believe this was a result of the much meditation of David as His eyes continuously beheld the word. He personally wrote the longest chapter in the Bible concerning the word!
I personally know a preacher whose eyes always stand out first anytime I see him in photos. Now that’s a sign that someone who has been continuously beholding as in a glass God’s word!
So do you want eyes without spots? Try reading His word continuously!
It’s funny though, that as I sought a remedy to look better, I found something else I wasn’t looking for. At the sight of David, Samuel knew he was the one to be anointed. It just occurred to me NOW, that bright eyes are a MARK for the anointed, or for the candidates of the anointing…
But the brightness of David’s eyes however came from the word, meaning, God’s word is the qualifier for anyone to receive the anointing — the anointing without measure, the anointing that distinguished one to be a king to reign … just like Jesus grew in stature and the word, and on that day, the Holy Spirit Himself descended to anoint Him before He set out to turn the world upside down.
Like Jonathan … take honey!😎
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Psalms 19:9-10 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the LORD are firm, and all of them are righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.
Psalms 119:103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
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