Let Us Fix Our Eyes On . . .

JESUS

Hebrews 12:2-3
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

An author is a person who writes something, he is the beginning of the book or article he is writing. And an author is also the finisher or perfecter of his work; he finishes his work and brings it to completion. And a good author never leaves his work done halfway, and this good author is Jesus Christ.
The word author in this Scripture can mean writer, originator, starter, the beginning. Perfecter can mean finisher, refiner, the end. This verse tells us that Jesus is the Author and the Perfecter of our faith.

Let’s look at the verse before this which is Hebrews 12:1

Hebrews 12:1
Therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out before us.

We are told that we are in the race (I’ve posted an article about this race in the post before this, read it before reading this.) and this race needs perseverance, and the next verse (Hebrews 12:2) tells us to fix our eyes on Jesus who is the Author and Perfecter of our faith. Jesus is the reason we started the race and this is a race of faith for it is not physical but spiritual. So this makes Jesus the starter of our faith to run the race, and He is also the finisher. (Philippians 1:6 – Being confident of this; that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion...)
This verse (Philippians 1:6) assures us that Jesus will carry us on to completion, in this sense, carry our faith on to completion and to help us finish this race we run. BUT here’s the catch! What must we do in order for Jesus to help us finish this race? The answer is in the verse itself, “Let us fix our eyes in Jesus”.

Why? Why on Jesus? What can we learn from Him?

The verse goes on to say, “who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” This tells us that we must use Jesus as our example and follow what He did. This is what He did and this verse says it clearly: Jesus’ mission on earth was to die on the cross and He knew that He will face a certain and a painful death on the cross. And also He knew that He will be put to shame on that cross. BUT He saw something AHEAD! Jesus saw a JOY ahead of the cross, and that is the joy of seeing His children being redeemed from death. Jesus endured the cross and He MANAGED to do so was because He saw a hope, a joy. Therefore He was exalted and sat down with God.

Verse 13 – (Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.)
To consider Him is to think about and weigh His worth. Here we are told to consider, to think about Jesus and what He did weigh His suffering. Jesus endured opposition from sinful men, and from men He loves! How dreadful it is for Jesus’ heart!

So why are we called to consider Jesus? Read on, (so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.) Bingo! We are told to think of Him, think of how He overcame His biggest hurdle and stumbling block, think about how He went through all these even though He received oppositions from men He loves! FIX YOUR EYES ON JESUS so that we will NOT GROW WEARY and LOSE HEART in this race we are running.

Too many people have ran the race half way and grew weary and therefore lost heart. Too many people... And this saddens me a lot... Let us now make up our heart and mind to fix our eyes on Jesus so that we will not run blindly and aimlessly. Let us make Jesus as our aim, not wealth, not fame, not selfish love, not worldly desire, but Jesus and Jesus alone. Let us not grow weary and lose heart but let us run this race with perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that we may be mature and complete, not lacking anything (James 1:2-4) Let us help our fellow brothers and sisters that have fallen to get back on their feet again (James 5:19)

For the year ahead,
My dear brothers and sisters, let us fix our eyes on Jesus...
God bless all.

Hebrews 12:1-3
Therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out before us.
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Running with you,
Zlwin Chew



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