Last Sunday, our church sang a great song of encouragement to one another:
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
This is a fantastic song to sing to one another right before the sermon. Here is why: For many years I have sung this song with the idea that I need to think real hard about Jesus. I need to take my eyes off of all the stuff here and look heavenward and picture Jesus.
However, I was reminded that the only way to obey this encouragement is to look downward and open my Bible. The way to turn your eyes upon Jesus is to turn your eyes to the pages of Scripture. The living Word is revealed in the written Word. The way to look into the wonderful face of Jesus is to see Him as He is revealed in the Bible.
The Scriptures speak of Jesus. The pages are blood-stained.
1 comment:
Hi Justin,
I love this song too, and I agree, we see Him most clearly when we behold Him in the Word. How we need this emphasis today to combat rampant subjectivism.
Did you know there's a second verse? I don't know where it's from but it goes something like this:
Keep your eyes upon Jesus,
Let nobody else take his place,
And hour by hour you will know his power,
As you seek to run the straight race.
Blessings,
Pete
PS I appreciate your blog very much. Keep up the good work
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