Eyes on Jesus

Who is your hero? 

I’m not asking for the Sunday school class answer, but the person you most actively admire! It is hard to “fix our eyes on Jesus” because he is not here where we can see him like other heroes. But he was the ultimate adventurer and trailblazer. He faced the horrific penalty and shame of the cross, taking away our sin! He did it so that we could have a hero that death and sin could not destroy, mar, or taint. He did it so that we could be confident that if we follow in his footsteps, the trail he blazed wasn’t just for him, but for us, too!

Days

There are only two days on my calendar…today and the day of judgement.

Family

We argue - we fall out - we make up - we love - we don’t speak - we chat for hours - we are Family.

We may not have all the together, but together we have it all…!

Friends

When you’re up, your friends know who you are.

When you’re down, you know your friends are.

Listening Through Restlessness:

Esther 6:1-11

When we are too preoccupied to hear God’s voice, He will often get our attention by giving us a restless Spirit. The book of Esther gives us a wonderful example of this.

How often has this happened to you? You go about career and activities, but restlessness seems to hang over you, often causing sleepless nights. In such moments, dare to bow and pray, “Lord, what is it that You want to tell me? You’ll discover that God can and will speak on your unrest.

Romans 8:15-16

15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of son ship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 

16  The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

Thoughts on Today's Verse....

Ab-ba. Listen to a baby and you will hear these basic early sounds. Incredibly, Jesus showed us, and the Spirit enables us, to speak to God with these syllables of familiarity, trust, vulnerability, dependency, and intimacy. The Spirit is our guarantee that we don't have to be afraid of God, but that we can approach him as our loving and tender Father who always listens to our hearts and seeks to bless our lives.