Fix Your Eyes on Jesus
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.” Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who sent me.”John 14:15, 21, 23-24NRSV
The Holy Spirit will help us keep Jesus'commandments. We are not orphans acting on our own strength. Keeping His word and commandments is the natural outpouring of a love relationship with Jesus. If we focus on "being" with Jesus and allow our love for Him to grow, we will naturally "become like Him." It is all about what we fix our eyes on. If we fix our eyes on "keeping His commandments," our yoke will feel hard, and our burden will feel heavy. But when we fix our eyes on loving Jesus, we will naturally, by the power of the Holy Spirit, "do what He did!"
So are your eyes currently fixed on Jesus or has your focus drifted causing you to be distracted by the cares of this world? What would it look like for you to just “be with” Jesus without any agenda or anything to accomplish?
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