The Guardians of Our Sockets
How strange they perch
On the edge of our brow,
The guardians of our sockets;
The hairy mops, designed to stop
The blood, sweat and tears that would block it.
But imagine the stares,
If our brows had no hairs;
The silliness in our reflection.
The reason why God gave us eyebrows?
Because we’d look damn stupid without them.
We laugh, but there’s truth here. Even something as ordinary, even as silly, as eyebrows has a God-given purpose. They guard the eye, and the eye is precious. Scripture tells us in Proverbs 20:12, “The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.” The Lord has crafted our bodies with intention. Nothing is wasted. Nothing is random.
Eyebrows stop the sweat from stinging our eyes. They keep grit and dust from clouding our vision. In the same way, God has appointed guardians in our spiritual lives. And this is where we must lift our eyes from our brow to Christ.
Jesus said in Matthew 6:22–23: “The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!”
God’s Guardians
Our eyes determine whether light or darkness fills us. But our eyes are vulnerable. Just as sweat, dust, and dirt threaten our physical sight, so sin, temptation, and distraction threaten our spiritual sight. God, in His kindness, has given us guardians, His Word to instruct us, His Spirit to guide us, His Church to walk with us, and ultimately His Son who not only guards our sight but heals our blindness.
Remember Bartimaeus, the blind beggar in Mark 10. He cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” The crowd tried to hush him, but Jesus stopped, called him, and opened his eyes. Bartimaeus could see, not just with his eyes, but with faith. Before he received his sight, he already saw who Jesus was. He called Him “Son of David,” the Messiah. That is the vision Christ gives, sight beyond sight, the vision of faith.
But we must be honest. Many walk around today with open eyes but blind hearts. They see the world but cannot see the Saviour. And although they look in the mirror and fuss over their eyebrows, yet never stop to consider their souls. These people are, as Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 4:4, blinded by the “god of this world” so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ.
The Heart of the Matter
And here, brothers and sisters, is the heart of it: the eyebrow guards the physical eye, but only Christ can guard the eye of the heart. Only Jesus can keep your vision clear when sin, shame, and sorrow try to cloud it. It is only Jesus who can give sight to the blind, both physically and spiritually.
Think of how many little things God has placed in our lives for protection. Eyebrows for our eyes. Eyelids to close when danger comes near. Reflexes to flinch away from harm. If God cares enough for these details, how much more does He care for your eternal soul? “He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep” (Psalm 121:4). The Lord is your true Guardian.
So what do we do with this truth?
First, we must allow Christ to open our eyes. Without Him, we are blind, and we stumble in darkness, no matter how sharp our physical vision may be. But with Him, we see, we see the Father, we see the truth, we see the way of salvation.
Second, we must guard what we see. Psalm 101:3 says, “I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes.” If the eyebrows keep sweat and dust away, then let the Spirit keep lust and pride and bitterness away. Let us not invite darkness into the very windows through which Christ has shone His light.
And third, we must use our eyes to look unto Jesus. Hebrews 12:2 calls us to fix our eyes on Him, the author and finisher of our faith. The world will try to distract you. Trials will try to blind you. But Christ calls us to keep our gaze steady on Him, as Peter did when he stepped out of the boat. The moment Peter looked at the waves, he began to sink. It’s the same when we take our eyes off Jesus, the storm overtakes us. But when our eyes are fixed on Him, He lifts us up.
Let’s Reflect
So, the next time you look in the mirror and smile at those odd little tufts of hair above your eyes, let them remind you of a deeper truth:
- God made you with purpose.
- God protects even the smallest parts of you.
- And above all, God has given you His Son to guard not just your sight, but your soul.
Yes, we would look rather silly without eyebrows. But far worse is to live without Christ. Without Him, we are blind, lost, stumbling. With Him, we see clearly, for He is the Light of the world.
So let us thank God for eyebrows, for eyes, for sight, but most of all, let us thank Him for Jesus, who opens the eyes of the blind and gives us eternal vision.
Jesus Is Lord
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