Day 07 - We are People of Faith
V. 2...“fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.”
Recently in a worship service at church, we began to sing the classic song, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in his wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of his glory and grace.” When Ps Jesse and the team hit those notes and led us in those words, it was like a turbo-charge to the atmosphere!
Our faith is something very precious and very profound. To expand on the meaning of this passage in Hebrews today, we can see that Jesus designed, created, perfected, completed and gives us our faith. He sustains us, and his presence in our lives brings great comfort and strength when we are faced with something that tests our faith. In other words, faith is a tremendous gift to us, and to steward it well is to exercise and build our faith.
It’s interesting that the song we sang mentions, “the things of earth...” I wonder what these ‘things’ were that the songwriter had in mind? Maybe it was a persistent illness, or a difficult personal conflict? Maybe there was some financial pressure, or some fast-approaching study deadlines? We couldn’t possibly know what Helen Lemmel thought of in 1922 when she wrote this hymn, but these examples could certainly apply to any of us today.
Today, the answer you’re looking for is Jesus. No matter what you’re facing, or the challenge that is before you, the answer is Jesus. Look to him. Turn your eyes - your attention, your focus - upon Jesus. Go to him in prayer, in worship, in gratitude that for the joy before him he endured the cross and was victorious.