Keep Turning Your Eyes Upon Jesus
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John 1:29.
We have spent a year beholding the Lamb. Our theme song for the year has been "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus." There is no better place for our gaze. During our final time together let us sing through its chorus one more time:
"Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face;
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace."
We have turned our eyes upon Jesus as the eternal God, the incarnate Christ, One who ministered on earth, the crucified Lamb, the resurrected Lord, the coming King, and our personal Savior. Also, we have looked upon Him in His weakness and His strength, in His humility and His glory, and as the Babe in Bethlehem and the infinite God of the universe.
We have looked. That is true. But we also need to keep on looking every day until He returns in the clouds of heaven. Then we need to keep on looking at Him throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.
But with that looking comes the need to do something with this Lamb who died for each of us. In the end we each face the question that Pilate put to the Jews: "What shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?" (Mark 15:12, RSV).
I see you fidgeting over there. But let's face it; fidgeting doesn't solve the issue. What are you going to do with the salvation through Jesus that you have meditated upon for the past 365 days? What are you personally going to do with Jesus?
The answer of the Jews to Pilate was loud and clear: "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" And Pilate did. That is still a live option for us. The other option is that we will let Him crucify us and resurrect us to a new way of life in Him.
God is waiting for our response. He realizes the depth of our need. But He also knows the depth and height and breadth of His grace provided through the Lamb of God who died to take away the sin of the world.
Not only do we need to keep on every day turning our eyes upon Jesus, we also must daily make Him the ruling Lord of our life.
Today, Father, we thank You for Your greatest gift. But more than that, we want to recommit our lives to walking with our resurrected Lord each of our days here on earth that we might continue to behold Him throughout the eternal ages. Amen!
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John 1:29.
We have spent a year beholding the Lamb. Our theme song for the year has been "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus." There is no better place for our gaze. During our final time together let us sing through its chorus one more time:
"Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face;
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace."
We have turned our eyes upon Jesus as the eternal God, the incarnate Christ, One who ministered on earth, the crucified Lamb, the resurrected Lord, the coming King, and our personal Savior. Also, we have looked upon Him in His weakness and His strength, in His humility and His glory, and as the Babe in Bethlehem and the infinite God of the universe.
We have looked. That is true. But we also need to keep on looking every day until He returns in the clouds of heaven. Then we need to keep on looking at Him throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.
But with that looking comes the need to do something with this Lamb who died for each of us. In the end we each face the question that Pilate put to the Jews: "What shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?" (Mark 15:12, RSV).
I see you fidgeting over there. But let's face it; fidgeting doesn't solve the issue. What are you going to do with the salvation through Jesus that you have meditated upon for the past 365 days? What are you personally going to do with Jesus?
The answer of the Jews to Pilate was loud and clear: "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" And Pilate did. That is still a live option for us. The other option is that we will let Him crucify us and resurrect us to a new way of life in Him.
God is waiting for our response. He realizes the depth of our need. But He also knows the depth and height and breadth of His grace provided through the Lamb of God who died to take away the sin of the world.
Not only do we need to keep on every day turning our eyes upon Jesus, we also must daily make Him the ruling Lord of our life.
Today, Father, we thank You for Your greatest gift. But more than that, we want to recommit our lives to walking with our resurrected Lord each of our days here on earth that we might continue to behold Him throughout the eternal ages. Amen!
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