Unceasing Stare

DEVOTION

HEBREWS

UNCEASING STARE

Heb 12:2-3

2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

NIV

There is more about these ideas which follows, but let us simply deal with the incredible statement here, “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus”. Do we have more faith or maybe not faith but trust in the things we can see with our physical eyes than we do what we can only see with our spiritual eyes? Do we fret over having a job because we trust that employer to provide us with money? Do we concern ourselves with the future portion of our lives, trying our best to store up wealth for those years ahead? Do we think we can be a better Christian if we abide by all the church rules and regulations? Have we fixed our eyes on our self-ambitions, our goals, our desires and our needs instead on what we are commanded to do? We need to fix our eyes on Jesus. This means we must run the race that has been set out before us. We must follow the course of action God desires for us so that we may be a benefit to the Kingdom of God rather than looking to see how the Kingdom of God can benefit us. Jesus went to the cross for the benefit of the Kingdom of God. Yes, it is true He died for our sins, but does that not benefit the Kingdom of God. Because of Jesus we are now a member, a citizen of the Kingdom of God, it has become greater, bigger, stronger, and God has restored us to our rightful place in His kingdom. He is Master and we are His servants, and the servants only serve to benefit the master, not themselves. For the most part too many teach what God does for us which encourages a very self-orientated near-sighted view of life. But if we fix our eyes on Jesus, we must be able to see we are to serve the Kingdom of God, we are to view ourselves as His. If we do that we will not lose heart no matter the physical circumstances we find ourselves in here in the life. Our goal, the race we run is not one of self-interest, but a race for the Kingdom of God. Fixing our eyes on Jesus allows us to focus on the truth, the true future, the true finish line. We should consider fixing does not mean an occasional glance, but an unceasing stare.