Morning by Morning, March 2 - “Looking to Jesus”
Good morning, Lord Jesus. You said Your sheep hear Your voice, that You know them and they follow You (John 10:27). I’m listening for Your voice to follow Your leading, as I seek to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:1-2).
When I’m feeling weary and worn from all that’s going on the world at large and also just the small world around my own life, Your Word reminds me to keep “looking to Jesus.” When I’m wondering if we’re in the prophetic fulfillment of the prophecies of Ezekiel or the unfolding days of Elijah, Your Word reminds me to keep “looking to Jesus.” When I’m seeking to discern the next right step, to walk only through the doors that only You can open and no man can shut, to hear the voice of one speaking behind me, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ Your Word reminds me to keep “looking to Jesus.”
When I’m looking to You, my eyes are looking up and my heart is lifted up. When I’m looking to You, I’m seeking the things are above and beyond anything less in this world, as Your Word invites me:
“So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory” (Colossians 3:1-4).
And when I’m looking to You, You are changing me into Your image; You are making me more like You every day, as Your Word promises:
“And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:18). “From glory to glory” (NKJV).
So keep removing the veil from my face. Keep removing the distractions from my sight. By Your Spirit, keep moving in my heart to keep lifting my eyes to seek You, to keep “looking to Jesus.” May I learn from David’s prayers and psalms, expressing his heart to You as as a man after Your own heart:
“As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness;
when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding Your likeness” (Psalm 17:15).
“‘Come,’ my heart says, ‘seek His face!’ Your face, Lord, do I seek” (Psalm 17:8).
Yes, Lord. I lift up my eyes and my heart to You, as I begin my day seeking Your face, meditating on Your Word, “looking to Jesus.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be moved in your heart to keep lifting up your face to pursue the presence of the Lord, looking to Jesus, as He keeps changing you into His image from glory to glory, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
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