The Apple of His Eye

Deuteronomy 32:10 – 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.

Notice where He found us, and then what He did.

Side note:
We know that we (Christians) are included in this inheritance:
Hebrews 9:15 – For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

Back to the point:
The original Hebrew for this idiom can be literally translated as “Little Man of the Eye” which is a reference to the tiny reflection of yourself that you can see in other people’s pupils.

To see yourself reflected in the pupil of another’s eyes, you must be directly in front of him and looking straight at him. Our heavenly Father keeps us as the apple of His eye—He is always looking straight at us, directly into our eyes.

We are to do the same.

Proverbs 7:2 – Keep my commandments, and live; and [keep] my law as the apple of your eye.

Side Note:
In Matthew, Jesus himself told us what the greatest commandments are: Matthew 22:37-40 – Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

This is our prayer:
Psalms 17:8 – Keep me as the apple of your eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings.

Apple of the Eye references also found in:
Lamentations 2:18; Zechariah 2:8