Recently, I started a new book, "Glory Days - Living Your Promise Land Life Now" by Max Lucado, where he follows the story of Joshua, in the Old Testament. You know, the story about the Jericho walls that came-a-crumbling down! Here's an excerpt from Chapter 7.
We've all experienced Jericho-level challenges in life. The kind of challenges that makes you want to curl up in bed and never move again or the kind that makes you throw up your hands in total disgust.
As a Christian, no one said that you would be exempt from Jericho challenges when you decided to follow Jesus either. Often times, it's just the opposite.
The problem is, we look too intently on the size of our challenges and forget that we have a Creator that's greater than any challenge that we'll face on this earth. Listen, I don't make light of great challenges because I know the affect that it can have on us. I've experienced quite a few of them myself that absolutely overwhelmed me. But if God is who He says He is, our Redeemer, deliverer, Mighty God, strong arm, etc. then we can face whatever life throws at us.
The key is to keep our eyes on Jesus!
When we take our eyes off of Jesus, we often find ourselves in the same predicament as Peter when he began to sink while walking on the water with Jesus. The Bible says that when he began to see the chaos of the sea around him, he panicked! Because he allowed the surrounding chaos to become greater than His faith in Jesus!
“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:1-2 NKJV
Max Lucado says it best..."as long as our eyes are only on our Jericho, we won't see Jesus."
The KEY: Keep your eyes on Jesus!
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