Beloved, a new day has dawned, keep your eyes on Jesus as you meditate on Hebrews 12:1-3, as it is written in the contemporary language of The Message translation:
Discipline in a Long-Distance
Race:
Do you see what this
means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on?
It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit!
No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins.
Keep your eyes on Jesus, who
both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it.
Because he never lost sight
of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up
with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the
place of honour, right alongside God.
When you find yourself
flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long
litany of hostility he ploughed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your
soul!
Amen †
Shelley Johnson “Keep your eyes on Jesus” ©2013 revisited
October 24, 2025
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