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Showing posts with label vision. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Believing: Directing the Heart's attention to Jesus. Today's Renewed Day by Day Tozer devotional.
"Believing: Directing the Heart's attention to Jesus.
And looking upon Jesus as He walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! John 1:36
The Hebrew epistle instructs us to run life's race "looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith,"
for faith is not a once-done act, but a continuous gaze of the heart at the Triune God!
Believing, actually is directing the heart's attention to Jesus. It is lifting the mind to "behold the Lamb of God," and never ceasing that beholding for the rest of our lives. Distractions may hinder, but once the heart is committed to Him, after each brief excursion away from Him the attention will return again and rest upon Him like a wandering bird coming back to its window.
I would emphasize this one committal, this one great volitional act which establishes the heart's intention to gaze forever upon Jesus. God takes this intention for our choice and makes what allowances He must for the thousand distractions which beset us in this evil world.
Faith is a redirecting of our sight, a getting out of the focus of our own vision and getting God into focus.
When we lift our inward eyes to gaze upon God we are sure to meet friendly eyes gazing back at us, for it is written that the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the earth. The sweet language of experience is, "Thou God seest me." When the eyes of the soul looking out meet the eyes of God looking in, heaven has begun right here on earth!"
I especially loved that phrase, "Faith is not a once-done act, but a continuous gaze of the heart at the Triune God!"
And looking upon Jesus as He walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! John 1:36
The Hebrew epistle instructs us to run life's race "looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith,"
for faith is not a once-done act, but a continuous gaze of the heart at the Triune God!
Believing, actually is directing the heart's attention to Jesus. It is lifting the mind to "behold the Lamb of God," and never ceasing that beholding for the rest of our lives. Distractions may hinder, but once the heart is committed to Him, after each brief excursion away from Him the attention will return again and rest upon Him like a wandering bird coming back to its window.
I would emphasize this one committal, this one great volitional act which establishes the heart's intention to gaze forever upon Jesus. God takes this intention for our choice and makes what allowances He must for the thousand distractions which beset us in this evil world.
Faith is a redirecting of our sight, a getting out of the focus of our own vision and getting God into focus.
When we lift our inward eyes to gaze upon God we are sure to meet friendly eyes gazing back at us, for it is written that the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the earth. The sweet language of experience is, "Thou God seest me." When the eyes of the soul looking out meet the eyes of God looking in, heaven has begun right here on earth!"
I especially loved that phrase, "Faith is not a once-done act, but a continuous gaze of the heart at the Triune God!"
Saturday, 11 March 2017
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Challenges and Privileges
Today I was challenged by the account of Balaam in Numbers 24. He is called "the man whose eyes are opened, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, and who has knowledge of the Most High."
Balaam was one of the "baddies". How much more should we, as Christians, be those whose eyes are opened, hearing God's words, seeing the vision of the Almighty and having knowledge of the Most High?
I was also challenged from 1 Peter 2. Personalizing the verse makes it "hit home harder". "Christ suffered for me, leaving me an example that I should follow His steps." and "He Himself bore my sins in His own body on the tree, that I, having died to sins, might LIVE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS- by whose stripes I was healed."
Linking that with 1 Corinthians 1:30, "But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:" (World English Bible) we see that Christ is our righteousness, and therefore, we "might live for Jesus." What a privilege!!
Balaam was one of the "baddies". How much more should we, as Christians, be those whose eyes are opened, hearing God's words, seeing the vision of the Almighty and having knowledge of the Most High?
I was also challenged from 1 Peter 2. Personalizing the verse makes it "hit home harder". "Christ suffered for me, leaving me an example that I should follow His steps." and "He Himself bore my sins in His own body on the tree, that I, having died to sins, might LIVE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS- by whose stripes I was healed."
Linking that with 1 Corinthians 1:30, "But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:" (World English Bible) we see that Christ is our righteousness, and therefore, we "might live for Jesus." What a privilege!!
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