Make Him Your Focus
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things
which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right
hand of God. Set your affection on things above,
not on things on the earth (Colossians 3:1-2).
Christian perfection isn’t in the perfection of
our works, but on the vision of Christ; you
have to look at Him. 2 Corinthians 3:18 says, “But we
all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory
of the Lord, are changed into the same image from
glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
The Word of God is the mirror of God, and Jesus is
the Word made flesh. As you behold Him in the Word,
you’re changed from glory to glory. For example,
Colossians 3:9-10 says, “Lie not one to another, seeing
that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in
knowledge after the image of him that created him.”
Notice that the reason you‘re not supposed to lie isn’t
because of the command, “Thou shall not lie,” but
because you’ve put on the new man which is renewed
in knowledge after the image of Christ: that’s what you
set your gaze on.
The way to set your gaze on Him isn’t as you
would a picture on the wall, but through His Word in
your heart, keeping your focus on the image and vision
of who you are in Him and what He’s made you; that’s
meditation. As you behold or contemplate the glory of
God, you’re metamorphosed; you understand what it
means to be in Him, and Him in you.
When you recognize yourself in Him and Him in
you, all the struggles for perfection will be over, for in
Him you’re complete; perfected! Glory to God!
Prayer
Blessed Father, I thank you for your Word, which I receive
into my heart with meekness and faith. As I meditate on it,
I increase in grace, knowledge, and wisdom, in Jesus’ Name.
Amen.
Further study:
Hebrews 12:2; Romans 12:2; Colossians 2:9-10
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Mark 14:27-52
Numbers 27-28
2-YEAR BIBLEREADING PLAN
Acts 26:12-23
Psalm 69-70