Guarding Your Eye Gates-Part 1

Your eye gates are the spiritual barriers protecting your eyes and the first line of defense preventing outside attacks from the enemy. Just like a gate to your house would prevent intruders from coming in, your eye gates work the same way. We have to be very careful what we watch because it will have a direct impact on the condition of our soul and spirit. The enemy’s plan for us is to corrupt our minds with desires of the flesh including: lustful thoughts, sexual immorality, selfish ambition, and anything attached to horror because he knows that they are open doors.

1 Peter 5:8 is abundantly clear when Peter states, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” Our enemy is lurking around our house (body or temple) on a regular basis looking for entry points. That is why Peter through the Holy Spirit is letting us know that we are to remain sober and vigilant at all times.

The devil knows your weaknesses and will dangle them in front of you in the hopes that you will fall for the trap. He will use your eye gate to manipulate the way that you think if you do not guard it. How does one go about guarding their eye gates? In order for you to protect the entry point into your eyes, you have to be attentive of the things that you watch.

We have to remember our thought process is shaped and molded by our senses: touch, sight, smell, taste, and hear. Your eyes are one of the main ways that the enemy gains legal access into your life and will completely destroy it if you let him. A lot of Christians lack knowledge when it comes to the spiritual realm and how the devil operates. That is why the Lord is extremely clear when He declares that His people are destroyed because they lack knowledge, Hosea 4:6.

Your knowledge comes straight from the Word of God: our blueprint to life, our Weapon and Sword, our main line of defense against the attacks of the enemy. But, if you aren’t opening up your bible studying, learning, and applying it to your life then the devil already has the upper hand. God’s Word will equip you for any device that the enemy will throw in your direction regardless of how powerful it is.

Remaining in the Word of God is the number one way that you can build up your wall of protection when the enemy comes in like a flood. The book of Proverbs is filled with some powerful Scriptures that you can meditate on regarding protecting your eye gates.

For instance Proverbs 4:20-22 states, “My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.” Here we can see that the Lord is giving us sound advice: to keep our eyes on His Word. It is what will bring forth life instead of death.

Some of the main ways that the enemy comes into our eye gates:

Pornography: This is one of the most used weapons that the devil uses over and over again to chain and shackle many and I mean many Christians. A lot of people may not see the spiritual implications that this brings but trust and believe pornography will open the door to some really stubborn, harmful, and hard to get rid of demons that will wreak havoc in your life.

Some of the most prevalent ones that come through this open door are the spirits of lust and perversion. The more that you allow pornography into your eye gate, the stronger these kinds of demons can affect your life. Before you know it, you simply cannot control your thoughts. The enemy loves to pervert you mind because he knows that in doing so, it makes it hard to focus on God and to get into the presence of Jesus.

Too much social media: This one tends to get a lot of us into trouble if we aren’t careful. The enemy will use social media to soak up all of your time. I mean before you know it, you’ve been on your phone for hours on end and don’t even realize it. Think about it, you have to literally bow down to look at your phone in the first place. We need to make sure that we do not make our phones an idol.

If you are a Christian then the Holy Spirit lives on the inside of you and He will convict you when you are spending too much time on social media and not enough time with Him and in your Word. The internet is filled with things that are designed to corrupt your spiritual health. You have no line of defense if you are consumed with worldly knowledge but you are spiritually anemic; the enemy will take full advantage of your spiritual weakness!

Horror Films: This is another device that the devil uses on us over and over again because of how entertaining they are. The problem is when you are engaging in something that the enemy created, you are giving him the legal right to come into your life and invade your space. Have you ever watched a horror movie and then immediately afterward been consumed with fear and anxiety? That doesn’t just happen.

Satan and his minions are just waiting for an opportunity to kill, steal, and destroy you, John 10:10. By you not protecting your eye gate, you are dimming your spiritual eyes preventing you from seeing when the enemy is coming. Before you know it, you are filled with anxiety, can’t sleep, and you are overcome with fear and can’t understand why. It is because of what you have allowed to come in through your eye gates.

For more information pertaining to spiritual oppression, check out my article: 7 Steps to Fighting Spiritual Oppression- Real Talk!

I am going to go over two Scriptures pertaining to your eye gates that you can meditate on: