FIX YOUR EYES ON JESUS

As this first week of the New Year draws near its end, and we consider our resolutions to change some things about ourselves for the better, what holds us back? 

Sometimes, I simply feel overwhelmed by the task ahead to make changes in me. How about you? 

Feeling overwhelmed can be crippling by creating a hurdle we feel we cannot jump. An obstacle course of seemingly impossible things to accomplish in order to effect personal change.

The following pointers come from Hebrews 12:1-3 and may provide inspiration to spur us on: 

• We Lay Aside Every Encumbrance 

             By fixing our eyes on Jesus, we release those things to Him which hold us back and weigh us down, i.e., stress, guilt, fear, shame, and regret. 

• We Lay Aside The Sin Which So Easily Entangles Us 

         By fixing our eyes on Jesus, we are to confess our sin before Him and rely on His strength to say "No" when we are again tempted by this entanglement.

• We Are To Run With Endurance The Race That Is Set Before Us

              By fixing our eyes on Jesus, we become able to keep our focus on Him and the goal before us, and when we slip and fall, for surely we will, we simply get up again and press on. With our eyes on Jesus, we choose to ignore obstacles, hurdles, and distractions.

Whatever we have resolved to change in ourselves this New Year of 2014, we know God has a purpose and a plan for us. If our resolutions have been founded in Jesus Christ; if we have been convicted by Holy Spirit to change in these specific areas of resolution, we know the goal and the victory has been set before us.

Press On, Saints ...

Jesus Has Got Our Backs!

He is the Founder and Perfecter of our Faith

~ Amen ~