Fixing Our Eyes On the Prize

The world seems rather crazy and dark nowadays.  There are so very many distractions and it is easy for us to lose focus.  Sometimes we get so overwhelmed with all the bad things going on we forget to whom we belong.

If we have trusted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior then we belong to Him and we have a wonderful future in Glory to look forward to.  This world is not our home.  The believer in Jesus Christ has a home in Heaven where we will be with the Lord forever.

Jesus Christ is our living hope and we must keep our focus on Him.  It is so very easy for us to take our eyes off of the Lord and look at all the problems of this world and the problems in our own live and lose track of the Lord.  The Lord is always with us each step of the way and He is working out things for us.

Paul writes in Philippians 3:12-14,

"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have been made prefect,
but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.  But one thing I do:
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called
me heavenward in Christ Jesus."

Our walk with the Lord may not be easy at times and we may feel weary and beaten down, but we must remind ourselves to continue to persevere and run the race with our eyes set upon Jesus Christ our Lord.  He is our true Reward.  He is the prize that we look forward to.

We owe everything to the Lord Jesus for He bought us by His precious blood and gives us a place in Heaven.  What a Savior!

Lord,

We praise Your Name.

Help us to keep our eyes one You.

Lead us and guide us by Your Holy Spirit.

In Jesus Name we pray,

Amen.