“Keep me as the APPLE of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings…” (Psa. 17:8) Our English phrase the apple of your eye is a helpful translation of the Hebrew, which is THE LITTLE MAN OF THE EYE. When you look into someone’s eye, you can see yourself reflected in the pupil of their eyeball as a little person. Also, your eye is the most vulnerable part of your body. You protect it by blinking or turning your face turning away from a ball or a blow. When we think about this term we should think of PRESENCE AND PROTECTION. It’s because we are THE APPLE OF GOD’S EYE. At the baptism of Jesus, the voice of God the Father says, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am WELL PLEASED” (Matt. 3:17). At Jesus’s transfiguration, the voice of God the Father says, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am WELL PLEASED; listen to Him” (Matt. 17:5). JESUS IS THE VERY TRUE APPLE OF GOD’S EYE.
David prays deliver me, “FROM the wicked who oppress me, FROM my deadly enemies who surround me.” (Psa. 17:9)
JESUS PRAYED, DELIVER ME OVER TO MY ENEMIES AND FULFILL YOUR COVENANT-KEEPING LOVE…(Heb. 9:28)
-Bill Stockham