You can have self-control of what you look at
"The eye is the light of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness." (Matt. 6:22-23)
Galatians chapter five tells us that one of the nine fruits of the spirit is self-control. I am doing a short series discussing things that God has given us the ability to control. Here is another one.
You can have self-control of what you look at
Even though it’s not possible to avoid all the visual evil that is in the world, it's all around us, you can avoid much of it in many respects, by choosing what you look at, including things like TV, movies, the Internet, video games, books and magazines. It's about making wise viewing choices.
Make a conscious decision to NOT allow yourself to look at evil things
“I will set no worthless thing before my eyes.” (Psalm 101:3)
You can and should make a “what I will not look at” commitment
"I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I gaze at a virgin?” (Job 31:1 NASB)
There’s a connection between the eye and the heart
“But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Matt 5:28)
Ask God to help you have the eyes of your heart enlightened
“I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places.” (Eph. 1:16-21)
“Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.” (Psalm 119:18)
"The eyes are the gateway to the soul." - Herman Melville
"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson