Thursday, October 24, 2024

October 24th - Looking Unto Jesus...Why?

"...let us run with patience 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 is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:1-2)

Life is what it is. We do not ask to be born, yet here we are. We cannot request where we are to be born or to whom. It is what God has decided. The best we can do is to "run with patience the race that is set before us”.

So, why should we be “looking unto Jesus” to author and finish "our faith"?

Jesus became a human being just like us. He had to race the race we run just like us. His particular race reveals to humanity what God our Father will do with us at the end of this race. 
Jesus suffered in this life and also experienced some joy like all humans. Yet, He was the first human to be resurrected back into the image of God, never to die again. All humanity is destined to immortality at the end of our race as mortals. That is our faith, and what is meant by “looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith”.

"For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters...It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—MORE THAN THAT, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?...I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons...nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:29-39)

So we need to run our particular race as best we can, forgetting the daily blunders we make, and focus on our eternal destiny in times such as these when trouble seems to be overwhelming the world.

"Forget the past and look forward to what lies ahead...hold on to the progress we have already made...we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for Him to return as our Savior. He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like His own..." (Philippians 3:13-21)

Look unto Jesus!

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