“Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and
finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of
where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up
with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there,
in the place of honor, right alongside God” (Hebrews 12:2,
MESSAGE).
Look at me. Don't look at your circumstance or failure.
Don't look at what is wrong with others. Don't tear yourself apart over what are
your own imperfections. You know them well, and the enemy has reminded you again
and again. You are troubled. I am your rest. You are impatient. I am your
patience. You have no peace. I am your peace. I know your heart, and I know you
love me. I know you yearn to be stronger in faith. Here I am...the author of
your faith. I will also be the finisher of it. Let me.
Be still and learn of me. Quit struggling. Focus your
mind on me, and know that I am God. I will keep you in peace when your mind
rests in me. You will grow stronger, and in your journey, you will become more
like me. If you stay in me.... if you rest in me.... if you grow in me....if you
seek me continually.... if you serve me obediently, you will finish your own
race well. You will know my peace which comes from the faith that I have brought
forth in your life.
Continually abide in me, and you are not limited by your
own limitations. You have become more than your own limitations. You have become
all that I have decided you to be. You have found in your weakness that I am
your strength. You have discovered that in your strength, I am your joy. You
have discovered my peace that your mind can't comprehend. And that is alright,
because you don't have to understand. You are at rest in me.
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