Take A Good Look - Watching and Waiting
We are told to be watching and waiting for Jesus’ return. But how can we do that with the urgency of our daily lives?
Many days, I am so focused on the “here and now” that I forget to be looking for Jesus.
What would it take to be intentional about watching and waiting for Jesus?
Take A Good Look - Looking Into the Word
Do you ever read your Bible, and a few hours later have trouble remembering what you read?
Sometimes we rush through reading our Bible like it’s an item to check off the to-do list. But God desires us to intently look into His Word, not just reading the Bible, but allowing the Bible to read us. When we take a good look into His Word, becoming a doer and not just a hearer, James 1 says we will be blessed.
Take a Good Look - Looking at Yourself Before Looking at Others
Have you taken a good look at yourself lately?
It’s so much easier to look at other people’s lives with judgement or comparison than it is to take a good look in the mirror at our own short-comings.
Living the Spirit-life involves taking a long look at ourselves and dealing with our own sin before we seek to restore a fellow believer to fellowship.
Take A Good Look - Looking for the Blessed Hope
Sometimes in the hustle of the daily grind and all its joys, opportunities, challenges, and heartaches we forget that there is more to this life. Something else is coming - our Lord Jesus is coming back!!!
Are you looking ahead to that blessed hope?
Take a Good Look - Looking at Worthless Things
Did you know that the average American spends 7 hours looking at a screen each day?
Each day we fight the urge to fix our gaze on things that drain our spirits, and therefore, darken our hearts.
Psalm 119:37 is a cry for help turning our gaze from the worthless to the worthwhile - the Word of God.
Take A Good Look - Looking Ahead
Are you ever dangerously distracted while you are driving?
Distractions in our walk with Christ are also dangerous. They keep us from seeing the road ahead where we are meant to live in victory.
Take a Good Look - Looking Back
Are you held captive by your past? by your sin? Perhaps the devil is using it to shame you.
In Luke 9 and Philippians 3, we are reminded to look ahead to Jesus, and not look back at what lies behind. You can be free from the shame that keeps you from experiencing victory!