January 13, 2010

  • What Are Your Eyes On???

    "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"

    This is a line from an old hymn, that I have been thinking about a lot lately. You see, I have began to realize that as simple as this may seem, it is really quite profound, because it it so true, especially when we find ourselves struggling with sin.

    I have come to find that when we place our eyes on ourselves, that is when we find ourselves most vulnerable to sin.

    For me personally, I find that my "issues" in life give me the most trouble when I feel like I'm all alone, and it's just all about me at a given moment.

    Have any of you ever heard of the acronym "JOY"? It stands for Jesus, Others, and You.  It was told to me that in order to live a truly fulfilling life, we must live with these things in this order, and I believe it.  By making our main focus on Jesus first, it will help us to be able to love others, and then when we start to look at ourselves, our problems won't seem so big. And if they do start to seem to be growing, all we need to do is re-focus on Jesus, and ask Him for help, and everything will fall back into place, and the things that get in the way of us truly living a victorious life, will begin to fade away.

    So what are your thoughts on this??? I'd love to hear. :)

    Your Friend,

    -Richard. :)