{"id":16418,"date":"2020-02-19T06:27:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T14:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=16418"},"modified":"2020-02-19T06:28:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T14:28:05","slug":"what-do-you-lift-your-eyes-up-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/19\/what-do-you-lift-your-eyes-up-to\/","title":{"rendered":"What do YOU lift your eyes up to?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/41522888305_35a13a266c_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/41522888305_35a13a266c_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/41522888305_35a13a266c_b-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/41522888305_35a13a266c_b-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/41522888305_35a13a266c_b-500x250.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 123:1,<\/strong> <strong><em>Unto you I lift my eyes<\/em><\/strong>. How many people in our post-Christian era lift their eyes to Elohim anymore for anything? Not many. Even most so called believers put their trust in just about everything else besides Elohim in their time of need whether it\u2019s in medical doctors, money, .self-help psychology, the government, or themselves. For example, when they are sick, most people instinctively call their doctors first before praying to Elohim for wisdom and healing. They seldom seek YHVH when making major decisions in their lives. They rarely seek YHVH\u2019s guidance, direction, wisdom and counsel on anything. They spend more times lifting their eyes up to their electronic devices (a modern version of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil) instead of to YHVH and his Word, and they are to addicted to the things of this world and, at the same time, blind to their own idol-worshipping habits to even recognize it. We are a lukewarm and idolatrous people. This was a concern of John, which is why he ended his first epistle with these words, \u201cLittle children, keep yourselves from idols\u201d (1 John 5:21). If this was true then, how much more so now? YHVH help us!<br \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'What do YOU lift your eyes up to?',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/19\/what-do-you-lift-your-eyes-up-to\/',contentID: 'post-16418',suggestTags: 'Electronics,Idolatry',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 123:1, Unto you I lift my eyes. How many people in our post-Christian era lift their eyes to Elohim anymore for anything? Not many. 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