Eyes of faith!
Verse for Today: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Hebrews 3:1 – Therefore,
holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus,
the Apostle and High Priest whom we confess.
Our internal eyes
help us to examine, analyze, evaluate and draw conclusions about our objects. When
we fix our thoughts and eyes on Jesus, we find Him quite satisfying in all our
longings. Jesus meets all our desires, demands and needs as He is the Apostle
sent from God to us with all the blessings of the heavenly places. He is
sufficient to meet all our emotional and spiritual needs and gives us enough
grace in our physical needs as well. He is also our High Priest who pleads our
case successfully before the Throne of Grace where all our actions are judged
righteously. He earns our forgiveness from the righteous Father in heaven and
takes away our guilt for all our offences. So on the one hand, Jesus gives us
all the goodness of the Father and on the other hand all our iniquities are
wiped out with His own blood and through His Word. If we look for these two
ministries from any other source, we will be grossly disappointed. We cannot
find it in religions, denominations or sages. Today we are admonished to take a
careful look at Jesus and see His character and ministries and draw from His
reservoir to meet all our emotional, spiritual and physical needs. If we ask
Him, we will be given our needs. If we seek Him at the right time, He will be
found nearest to us. If we knock at His door, He will answer at the right time.
He deals with us in love and compassion. He is patient with us and handles our
situations in kindness and grace. Today Jesus is near us and He passes our way
to offer us help and support in all areas of our lives. But it is up to us to
look unto Him for help which will not be denied. If we call on Him, He will
answer and give us to meet all our needs all the days of our lives.
Dear friend, are you
experiencing emotional, spiritual and physical needs in life today? Have you
tried to meet your needs in your own strength and wisdom and found it all in
vain? Are there doors in front of your eyes which are shut for you in spite of
your efforts at knocking and clamoring? But that is not the case with Jesus.
The very look at Him will give you comfort and hope. When you take your eyes off
the seemingly helpful, but grossly disappointing hills, and fix it on Jesus,
you will find His compassion and mercy flowing towards you to meet all your
needs. There is no false hope in Him, nor any disappointment. His mission as He
comes to you is to meet your needs. He lives for you today and comes with open
arms and heart to help you. He knows that you need Him and that you are a
deprived person. He knows your heartaches, distress and exasperation. He has
compassion and grace towards you. He is the Lamb who took away all the sins of
the world. He doesn’t simply forgive your sins and then leave you to live your
life in your strength. He gives you His Spirit to help you to meet all needs and
challenges in life. Today you are admonished to look at Jesus and fix your eyes
of prayer, meditation, longings and faith on Him and see that you find
contentment and fulfillment.
Hebrews 12:2 – Let
us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.
Thought for Today
When our eyes are
fixed on Jesus, hope and fulfillment flow to us from Him in all our situations.
Prayer for Today
Dear Lord Jesus: May
I be enabled to take my eyes off the world with all that it offers and fix it
solidly on You for all my needs all the time. Amen!
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