“fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:2
Have you ever heard the instruction concerning driving: “Keep your eyes on the road!”? It is often too easy, while driving, to become distracted by something else and to start to veer off of the road.
It is true that if you stare in a particular direction long enough then you begin to steer in that direction.
Another way of saying this may be: Where you look, you will go.
Our attention directs our destiny.
If my eyes are always gazing on forbidden fruit, I become consumed with desiring that forbidden fruit. If, instead, my eyes are fixed on Jesus, as our verse today speaks of, then He becomes what I most desire.
I remember a command in the military – it was “Eyes Front!” The Company Commander wanted no one distracted by anything else. Our attention, our focus, needed to be on him if we were to accomplish the goals he had established for the unit.
What is in your ‘line of vision’ today?
What is it that commands your attention?
Are your eyes fixed on Jesus and His Kingdom?
As we look at ‘focus’ over the next several days take the opportunity to seek God for any necessary ‘adjustments’ to whatever may have distracted you from what should be your main focus – Jesus.
Hebrews 12:2
Have you ever heard the instruction concerning driving: “Keep your eyes on the road!”? It is often too easy, while driving, to become distracted by something else and to start to veer off of the road.
It is true that if you stare in a particular direction long enough then you begin to steer in that direction.
Another way of saying this may be: Where you look, you will go.
Our attention directs our destiny.
If my eyes are always gazing on forbidden fruit, I become consumed with desiring that forbidden fruit. If, instead, my eyes are fixed on Jesus, as our verse today speaks of, then He becomes what I most desire.
I remember a command in the military – it was “Eyes Front!” The Company Commander wanted no one distracted by anything else. Our attention, our focus, needed to be on him if we were to accomplish the goals he had established for the unit.
What is in your ‘line of vision’ today?
What is it that commands your attention?
Are your eyes fixed on Jesus and His Kingdom?
As we look at ‘focus’ over the next several days take the opportunity to seek God for any necessary ‘adjustments’ to whatever may have distracted you from what should be your main focus – Jesus.
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