Posted: 14 February 2024

From a sermon given on 11 February 2024:

For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
(Zechariah 2:8)

The apple of an eye is a very delicate area. Very sensitive and a lot of care is needed to guard it from any external harm. God equates us with this delicate part of His eye. You can imagine the creator of universe assuring us of his divine protection. No one can contend with great God of the universe as far as our protection is concerned.

Israel is very precious to God and aiming a blow at her is like aiming a blow at God Himself. God says whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye. Believers are precious to God. His love for us continues to manifest in the New Testament. He loved us so much that he could not spare his only son Jesus Christ for our redemption.

That is why we should feel safe and secure in him despite what may be happening in our various situations. We are that valuable before God and should rest assured we are safe and secure in Him. Those who dare to touch you invites God's wrath upon themselves. The Psalmist asks, whom shall we be afraid? Trust in Him for we are surely God's untouchables.

Further Readings:

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. (Deuteronomy 32:10)

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
(Psalm 17:8)

For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel; Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
(Ezekiel 25:6-7)