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Sunday, February 26, 2006

The "redeemed look"

Was doing QT this morn, and I felt the Lord speaking to me in the area of focusing wholy on Him..often we forget to always and continuously focus our gaze on Him..whether I like it or not, I often focus on others, my circumstances around me, and myself..I admit that readily..

This morn's scriptures was from Ps 34:1-22:
"I will extol the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips. My soul will boast in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt His name together. I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; He saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and He delivers them. Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. Fear the Lord, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing. The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies. Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry; the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; He delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all; He protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken. Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned. The Lord redeems His servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in Him."

Notice how many times it says that we will be saved from ALL our troubles if only we focus on Him. Notice also, that we will lack NO GOOD THING..so what's hindering us from always focusing on Him? Is it material things? Is it fame and popularity? Is it what pple might think of us? Just what are we pursuing in life that's more important than Jesus? Afterall, all that we have now on earth won't be following us to Heaven or Hell..Selwyn Hughes quoted someone who said, "If you look long at yourself, you will become discouraged. If you look long at others, you will be distracted. But if you look long at Christ, you will take on His likeness." Isn't it true? We become like that which we gaze at habitually.

After reading all that King David wrote in Ps 34..& what Selwyn Hughes wrote in today's devotional, I want to learn to look at Jesus constantly, continuously. For it's a promise in the Bible, that if I keep my gaze on Him, I will lack no good thing, and He will save me from all my troubles. And the most important thing is, I will have the radiant (vs 5) and redeemed look that will attract more people to Him..

Will you make the decision to gaze at Him and only Him from now on?