Do you ever wake up and just dread the day? Just want to roll over and go back to sleep. Wish it wasn’t today. Well, I’m fighting that today. I’m fighting in my spirit to remember why today is a good day. I found this daily affirmations video from Snoop Dogg. Check it out. I’m smiling as I listen.
I woke up with a thought in my head. How do I combat this? How do I work through the battlefield of the mind? As I sit and read my Bible today, what can overcome? I’m right here. I’m in the right place.
I lay down my fears for the day. I lay down my sadness for this day. I pick up the truth. I let it wash over me. And I pray. I stop the social media madness for the day. I stop the games I’m playing today. I fix my eyes.
“He was despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and pain and acquainted with grief; And like One from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or esteem Him. But [in fact] He has borne our griefs, And He has carried our sorrows and pains; Yet we [ignorantly] assumed that He was stricken, Struck down by God and degraded and humiliated [by Him]. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was crushed for our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]; The punishment [required] for our well-being fell on Him, And by His stripes (wounds) we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:3-5 AMP
A man of sorrows and pain, acquainted with grief. He knows suffering. He knows pain. He understands it in greater depth than I ever will experience. He was despised. I have a Redeemer who understands and knows it all. He knows my sorrows and pains.
I do not walk through this day alone. Each step, I have Jesus.
“[looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].”
Hebrews 12:2 AMP
https://bible.com/bible/1588/heb.12.2.AMP
That hits today. Focus my eyes on Jesus. The author and perfecter of my faith. I do not have to have this all worked out in my head. I need only fix my eyes.
But what about..?
Fix my eyes on the one who considered it joy of accomplishing the goal to endure the cross. He disregarded the shame. And he sat down. It was finished.
But what about…?
My worries. my fears. My concerns. Lay them each before the Author and Perfecter of my faith. So, why do I do next? I take a step. Fix my eyes. I remember the word planted deep in my soul.
He endured the cross that I might have peace. He endured the cross that I might have healing. So, in this moment, unsure of what the day holds, I fix my eyes. I take a deep breath and give thanks.
And then I worship.
Thank you for taking my suffering. Thank you for walking to the cross even though I didn’t value you. Yet, you did it all anyway. You bore my sickness. You carried my pain. I regarded you stricken. YET you were pierced for my sin. Crushed for my iniquity. For the rejection, you gave me everything.
So, then, I fix my eyes.
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