Thursday, March 19, 2009
Morning and Evening: 3/19
Thursday, March 19, 2009—posted by Matt Shea
» Today's reading at Blue Letter Bible
Today's devotions are so timely for me. My eyes become fixed on "me" so often... sometimes I don't even notice it. I love what Spurgeon says here:
Faith links me with divinity. Faith clothes me with the power of God. Faith engages on my side the omnipotence of Jehovah. Faith ensures every attribute of God in my defence. It helps me to defy the hosts of hell. It makes me march triumphant over the necks of my enemies. But without faith how can I receive anything of the Lord?
Without faith, not only can I not receive anything of the Lord... but I can't please Him. Soooo.... is it about having great faith? I'm so glad that this particular evening devotion followed this particular morning devotion. It exhorts us to not simply seek to have a faith that is great but a faith that is sourced in our great God, Jesus Christ. And I believe there is a difference!
Our head is satisfied with the precious truth which Christ reveals; our heart is content with Jesus, as the altogether lovely object of affection; our hope is satisfied, for whom have we in heaven but Jesus? and our desire is satiated, for what can we wish for more than "to know Christ and to be found in Him"?
May we be satisfied in our Savior, the Lord Christ Jesus! May we fix our eyes and hearts on His splendor and majesty! May we rest in the author and finisher of our faith!
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:1-2)
Hallelujah!!
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Huh. Thanks, Matt. A timely devotional for me too. I was just pondering that very verse in Hebrews. What does fixing our eyes on Jesus mean? I can't literally see him. And who/what did he fix his eyes on as he endured "such hostility from sinners"? (Hebrews 12:3) The Hebrews writer tells us that Jesus fixed his eyes on the joy that was set before him- sitting at the right hand of God. So we too fix our eyes on the joy of being with Christ for eternity. If God is perfect and what he offers is perfect then it is impossible for there to ever be anything better than the joy of being with him forever. The Bible instructs us to seek joy by fixing our eyes on Christ.
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