Hebrew 12 : fix your eyes on Jesus
This is not the next reading in the plan - just felt like reading this one tonight - this verse in particular was in my mind tonight and so I thought I'd read the whole chapter...
And so, of course, this verse came to mind - fix my eyes on Jesus - the author, the one who makes it so, the one who brought it about, wrote it down and made it truth, and perfector, the one who then went on to make my faith perfect - a perfect focus, a perfect example, a living breathing example of what my faith should look like.
Who, cos of what he knew was to come - endured the cross - went through it cos he knew it was worth it - scorning it's shame - knowing that it was worth it.
Consider HIm - do not grow weary and lose heart.
It's quite that bad - but that is why i need to consider him know - so that I do not grow weary, so that I do no lose heart.
Consider.
Change me God as I look at Jesus, as I listen to your Spirit, as I do what you say. [that last one is tough and yet so easy].
Help me be Jesus to the people around me, and take my mind off the constant chatter of inanity and focus on your loving concerns for the people around me, your gracious gift giving nature, focus outwards and not inwards, change my heart. Change my life.
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning it’s shame and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.Sometime I wonder about myself - where my heart is - there is just one thing on my mind which I can not shake - which I so much want to shake - cos it is not God, it is not holiness - it is just stupid stupid stupid.
Hebrews 12:2,3
And so, of course, this verse came to mind - fix my eyes on Jesus - the author, the one who makes it so, the one who brought it about, wrote it down and made it truth, and perfector, the one who then went on to make my faith perfect - a perfect focus, a perfect example, a living breathing example of what my faith should look like.
Who, cos of what he knew was to come - endured the cross - went through it cos he knew it was worth it - scorning it's shame - knowing that it was worth it.
Consider HIm - do not grow weary and lose heart.
It's quite that bad - but that is why i need to consider him know - so that I do not grow weary, so that I do no lose heart.
Consider.
Change me God as I look at Jesus, as I listen to your Spirit, as I do what you say. [that last one is tough and yet so easy].
Help me be Jesus to the people around me, and take my mind off the constant chatter of inanity and focus on your loving concerns for the people around me, your gracious gift giving nature, focus outwards and not inwards, change my heart. Change my life.
1 Comments:
Thank you for your thoughts on this scripture. I too have been dealing with nagging thoughts that have kept me from the truth in this scripture. I have not been able to forgive someone who has deeply hurt me and the Lord has kept bringing this passage to mind. "For the joy set before him" - which is us. To love us so much as to not give us up because of the sins we've committed against Him. "scorning it's shame" I need His power to scorn the shame this sin, done against me, has brought on me. I need to love this person so much through Christ that I too may seek the joy set before me in true Godly forgiveness and reconciliation. Only to be done through Christ. Thank you for writing on this. God brought me here.
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