“Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their
masters…, so our eyes look to the Lord our God…” —Psalm 123:2
“This verse is a description of total reliance on God. Just
as the eyes of a servant are riveted on his master, our eyes should be directed
to and focused on God. This is how knowledge of His countenance is gained and
how God reveals Himself to us (see Isaiah 53:1). Our spiritual strength begins
to be drained when we stop lifting our eyes to Him. Our stamina is sapped, not
so much through external troubles surrounding us but through problems in our
thinking.” CHAMBERS
How much of your thought life is occupied by a focus on
Jesus and your life in Him? Is it
limited to a quick devotion in the morning and prayers before your meals. Maybe
an occasional conversation with another Believer during the week? It happens so
subtly. We have the best intentions, but
then like our New Year’s resolutions, life seems to crowd Jesus out. Before we know it, our pre-occupation with
Jesus has been diluted to an occasional glance. This devotion you are reading may
be but a token of attention to spiritual things. Like the man in the mirror in
James, we see the reflection of Jesus, but when we turn away, we forget what we
saw. This new life requires discipline .. practice
.. effort .. intentionality… mental focus .. and obedience. ELGIN
(James 1:22-25) “But
be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone
is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural
face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets
what kind of man he was. But he who
looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is
not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what
he does.”
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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