In the courtyard sat a disciple who promised that he would never leave the side of Jesus and he would pay the price of death rather than deny Him yet within the span of a few hours he denied him thrice. As he spoke his last denial the face of Jesus turned to this disciple and His eye penetrated his soul. The rooster crowed and the disciple remembered: before the cock crows you will deny me three times. The disciple left the courtyard and wept bitter tears as he recalled the penetrating eye of the Messiah as He looked deep into his heart and soul. His vitality was stripped bare and before him it lay bare and open to His gaze and piercing arrows. Later this same Messiah, now risen, spoke to this disciple three times: Do you love me? Tend my lambs. Do you love me? Shepherd my sheep. Do you love me? Tend my sheep.
Behold the eye of the Lord is upon you. He looks out and He will counsel you with His eye upon you and He will pour out His lovingkindness upon you to restore you and to reconcile you to Himself. Remember this: The eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely devoted to Him.
What does God’s eye see in me this day? As I sought the Illuminating Holy Spirit’s I heard:
Do you love Him? Tend his lambs. Do you love Him? Shepherd his sheep. Do you love Him? Tend his sheep.
