Looking unto Jesus
Hebrews 12:2
“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.”
We find ourselves living in a world that struggles with putting first things first. There’s a struggle to know where to look for answers and we are constantly being pressed to believe the world’s definition of truth- and worldly truth is ever changing. Heb. 13:8 tells us Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever; He never changes, and neither does His wisdom. Today, many find themselves looking to the world (Creation) for answers rather than to God (the Creator). No wonder there is so much confusion and division today. We should be looking to Jesus in everything, for everything, with everything and through everything.
Look to Jesus in everything, “for in Him we live, and move, and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring’,” (Acts 17:28). Looking to Jesus in everything provides us with security we cannot have in the world. Secure in the only truth that never changes. Those who have obeyed His gospel have blessed assurance. We are His, and we owe Him everything.
Look to Jesus for everything, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” (Jas. 1:5). Looking to Jesus, one is able to acquire true wisdom. Earthly wisdom is unspiritual. The fear of the Lord is the starting point of true wisdom. His divine wisdom is pure, peace-loving, gentle, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere (Jas. 3:17)
Look to Jesus with everything, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service” (Rom. 12:1). With everything you have, your reasonable service to God. He sacrificed for us, are we denying self for Him?
Look to Jesus through everything, “But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you” (1 Pt. 5:10). We all do, have, and will struggle. He is what gets us through those times. Are we putting God first during ALL times? When we are going through periods of peace and blessings do we put God and our spiritual life FIRST? Or only when things aren’t going the way we want?
Let us put first things first. God is first. God is truth. Don’t forget it. Look to Jesus in everything, for everything, with everything, through everything.