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"THE EYES OF THE SERVANTS "Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us." (Psalm 123:2)Servants of ancient times would wait quietly watching the hand of their master for instruction. A slight signal of his hand was all that was needed to send them scurrying into action. There were different signals for different duties. Woe to the servant who missed the signal. And so, the eyes of the servants were fixed upon their master's hand. The Psalmist tells us that in the same way, his eyes are fixed upon the One enthroned in Heaven, the ultimate Master of all things. Now, at first, the nation of Israel had suffered the contempt of other nations and the scorn of the prideful, but they were determined NOT to act without the Master's instruction. To run off on their own and do what they thought best would only make matters worse. They needed God's merciful direction. That was a lesson they had learned from mistakes of the past and the captivity of the nation which later resulted. Folks, in like matter we come to a place in our spiritual walk when we learn that acting without God's instruction is a waste of effort and a waste of time as well. And more often than not, we wind up compounding our problems. Oh, how we need the merciful direction of the Holy Spirit. We need to see God's invitation to join Him in what He is doing and not play our own little god. We need to fix our eyes on the hand of our Lord and go forth into action when we have His direction.Friends, let's ask the Lord to teach us to wait for His instructions regarding things we face today and beyond. Lift up the eyes of the servant who looks to their Master for direction and help, remembering all the while that without Him, we can do nothing of any lasting value.