We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. -Hebrews 12:2 NLT
How will the doubts ever get quieter; how will the promises in life get more real; how will we stay strong in life’s trials? “We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus”. Jesus is the One who initiates our faith. He wants so deeply for us to come to Him that He is the One that started us down the path of faith to begin with. He not only initiated the faith within us, He is also working diligently to perfect it. It may hurt sometimes, we may get off track, and we my struggle with doubts, but it will be perfected, we can count on that.
Every day we wake up and have a choice, are we going to try and get through the day alone or are we going to lean in to the Lord and walk with Him? Are we going to say a quick prayer and feel like we have our bases covered, or are we going to spend the entirety of the day in conversation connected with Him? As we work, interact with our family, or battle traffic we have opportunities to focus on the Lord and who He is rather than give in to stress, pressure, and expectations. We become better when our eyes are on Him. When we are truly walking with Him all day long, patience and love will seem to seep from us, we will be more forgiving and less weighed down by life. The troubles may still be there, but the knowledge that we are not required to handle those troubles on our own will be there as well.
With our eyes fixed on Jesus, and not constantly on everything that is wrong or the issues we struggle with, we can begin to release them to Him and rest in His presence. Keeping our eyes on Jesus takes our faith to new levels. It helps us to see Him in the trials and the triumphs, and to believe that we are not alone and never will be. There is only One who can truly make a difference in our lives, and that One wants to have a deep relationship with us. So today, let’s go to Him and ask Him to perfect our faith. Ask Him to draw us deeper into relationship with Him, and keep our eyes on Him as He works in our lives.
