Yesterday the stock market went out of control, perhaps mirroring just what you are feeling about your life. And you are trying to keep your mind set on Jesus. The author of Hebrews understood this: “We don’t yet see all things under Jesus’ control, but we see Jesus” (Heb. 2:9). Things in your life may indeed by spinning out of control, but in the midst of it, you will be stablized as you see Jesus. (Tell that to Wall Street!)
The question is: DO you “see” Jesus? “Yes, but not very well,” you say? Be encouraged! Your spiritual eyesight can be improved—as you learn to see through the eyes of your spirit (Eph. 3:17).
The writer of Hebrews explains that there are two things that will hinder us from “fixing our eyes on Jesus” (12:3): “weights” and “habitual sins” (12:1). The weights cause you to look down instead of up. And habitual sins make you nearsighted, or even blind (2 Cor. 4:4; 2 Peter 1:9). The weights are the cares of this world. The sins are what A. W. Tozer referred to as the hyphenated self-sins: self-esteem, self-confidence, self-worth, etc. They make you look at yourself: not Jesus!
Here are two things you can do to improve your vision. First, make it your goal to LOOK for Jesus in all things; you won’t SEE Him if you are not deliberately looking for Him! Second, PRAY for the “eyes of your spirit” to be opened. God can heal your nearsightedness and open your eyes to see Jesus.
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