Keep your Eyes on Christ

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

“Eternal Life is now!” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther. Our souls, once in possession of Christ never die. As Christians, we walk in His presence as we walk on earth. The challenge on earth is the presence of evil, evil attempts in distracting us, pointing to all but Christ; our hearts saturated with anything but the Holy Spirit.

Imagine walking through a crowd of people while trying to follow someone, Christ. As we walk, objects are thrown in our path, at our head, the media praises the throwers. The non-followers are doing everything possible to distract us; they want us to take our eyes off Christ. Politicians and media are screaming, “trust us, we are the caretakers of your health, nutrition and happiness”. We become weak in our walk with the Lord, wondering “is He ever going to stop and give us physical rest and food”. The bible states, God tests our hearts. The temptation increases to turn to the crowd, the media, and politicians, for all we desire. They claim their solutions are greater than Christ’s promises.

Christ gently turns around, softly speaking, “You have the strength, everything you need to follow me you have, trust me. You are capable of more than imaginable, because I am All Powerful, nothing is impossible for the Father.” With our eyes firmly set on Him, our ears hang on every word as we follow.

Suddenly after our legs buckle from fatigue, our stomachs ‘growling’ in hunger; our minds exhausted from the extensive concentration; our entire body aches as though we finished a marathon; we no longer hear the crowds just as a runner in a race becomes deaf to the crowd due to intensive concentration. The prize, the goal we desire appears; we keeping running with our Lord; He smiles as he gives us the desires of our hearts, the equivalent of a steak dinner with all the fixings, saying; “Good run today”. We know the struggle was worth it!

Sadly we look around, many who began the journey with us turned to the crowd, stumbling over the obstacles thrown in their path. They turned their heart to the liberal media and politicians, settling for cotton candy. Yes, cotton candy is tasty and appealing at a carnival; however, the nutritional value is virtually empty; just like the promises of the crowd, the media, and the politicians.

Keep your eyes on the Lord! A great feast is ahead, Christ will feed you; provide your desires before you collapse. Continue to concentrate on following our Lord, yes just as concentrating in a race, in an exam, on a project is fatiguing; so is following our Lord. Both are worth it!

Child of God, Make it a Great Day in Christ, He has given you Eternal Life NOW!!!!

His humble Servant,
Rick
www.rickemeyer.com