OBSERVATION: Here we are invited to join the author in setting our focus on Jesus. If we have received Him as our Lord and Savior, this is a very logical invitation. Knowing that he is the greatest source of wisdom, means that my mind is always open to His input. Knowing that He can see into the future and knows the thoughts and purposes of those around me…it is foolish for me to push Him out of my thoughts!
In this verse and its context, the author of Hebrews does not hide the fact that living for Jesus can be difficult. Everything does not go our way. We may be persecuted by those who do not understand. Jesus too was persecuted, and I am not called to endure more than he did.
APPLICATION: So what am I to do? I am to focus—to fix my eyes upon Jesus. Presently, it is the eyes of faith. Soon it will be face to face. I need to keep singing the chorus I learned years ago.
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face.
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace.
PRAYER: Lord, looking at you always lifts my day. Amen.
Pastor Leon
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