Fixing Our Eyes On Jesus

Message audio from March 7, 2021 entitled "Fixing Our Eyes On Jesus" from Steve Bishop

Virtues and vices can keep us focused on satisfying ourselves and not on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. So what keeps us from living with Jesus at the center? Sometimes, hindsight can help bring perspective. Steve uses the story of Joseph in the Old Testament as an example of what a life lived with a God-focus can reveal.

Joseph's life was marked by being a sibling outcast, hated, and sold into slavery by his brothers. He was wrongly accused. He was unjustly imprisoned. Yet, through nearly 13 years of suffering, he sought to trust and obey God. So, when he becomes prime minister of Egypt, he is able to see that God has been preparing him to be used to save his family from certain death in the midst of a widespread famine. In his concluding remarks to the brothers who set out to destroy him, he says, "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."

Living with eyes fixed on Jesus is trusting God in every circumstance. It is listening to His voice and leaning on His strength. It is demonstrating His love and grace to others because we have been redefined and born again by His love and grace for us. It is seeking His kingdom and righteousness because in Him we have all that we need.