LOOKING
UNTO JESUS I
Memorise:
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the
Read:
Hebrews 12:1-2, 12 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with
so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which
doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set
before us,
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 is set down at the right hand of the throne of
God.
Bible in
one year: Matthew 16:5-18:35, Job 13:17-14:6
MESSAGE!!!
Human
beings have been in search of the way back to their Maker since after the fall.
The soul of man pants after the peace that only his Maker can provide. This is
the reason man invented means of getting along with God in the name of
religion. Unfortunately, man was unable to adequately reach out to his Maker
until God in His mercies revealed Himself to us through His Son, Jesus Christ.
“And the
Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I
heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid
myself. Genesis 3:9-10
Adam was
sent out of the Garden of Eden and he became a wanderer and a destitute of the
peace that he once had with his Maker. After many dispensations, God decided to
reveal part of Himself to some people who sincerely sought to know Him. He
related to Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses and the prophets to mention
just a few. They did not only benefit form God’s self-revelation; they also
helped their generation by pointing them to the Almighty God. Yet, the perfect
relationship was not in view then. When the fullness of time came, God became
man and lived among men in the person of Jesus Christ. When one of the
disciples asked Him to reveal God the Father to them, Jesus said:
“…Have I
been so long time with you and yet hast thou not know me, Philip? He that hath
seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in
me?...”
John
14:9-10
Jesus
Christ is the perfect revelation of God, the father. He came to reveal the
Father to us so
that we may
know how best to worship Him. It was through His teaching that we know that God
is a Spirit and whoever wants to worship Him must worship Him in Spirit. He
told us that unless we are born-again, we cannot see the Kingdom of God.
Religious activities are exercise in futility without this experience. Not
until He came, even Doctors of the Jewish religious laws were ignorant of these
principles of God’s Kingdom. Therefore we must always look unto Jesus for
direction if we want to make it back to the One who created us in His own
image. Our text says to look up unto Jesus because He is the author and
finisher of our faith.
I encourage
someone reading this devotional to look unto Jesus for salvation, for
deliverance, for healing, for material prosperity and eternal life.
Prayer
point’
Jesus Christ my Saviour, I look unto You today,
perfect everything concerning my life please
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