I Will Follow Jesus. I Refuse To Be Distracted Because My Eyes Are On Him

John_8-12: Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life

Matthew_4-19:And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men

“Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.”
Joshua 14:14 (KJV)

The Bible says Caleb wholly followed the Lord. Caleb decided to follow Him fully. In other words, he gave Him his total commitment. He trusted Him with all his heart. Whether he understood it or not did not matter. He just decided: I will follow him and I will keep on following him. Even when I cannot follow him I will trust him. I will follow him and I will refuse to be distracted because my eyes are on him.

Hebrews 12:2 says “…looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith….” Look unto him not onto your circumstance. Your circumstance will cry if it has never be done before. It will shout impossible, no one has ever achieved it. But keep following the Lord. Whether you have seen it happen before or not, whether you know how it will happen or not, follow the Lord completely.

Sometimes I can hear some people say Caleb something is wrong with you, can’t you see this thing is not working? But I also hear Job say I know my redeemer liveth. I will keep on following Him. Though He slays me yet I will trust him. I know He will never leave me nor forsake me. I am persuaded that they that put their trust in Him will never be put to shame and therefore all the days of my life will I wait until my change comes.

You can’t follow the Lord and miss the way. If you follow the Lord you can’t be lost. You can’t be lagging behind, because you are following the real thing. You can’t be following the Lord and be looking behind you wondering whether somebody is going to stab you at the back or not. You are confident that you are safe because you are following him. He knows the way. He knows where all the bombs are planted. He knows where all the ditches and traps are and He knows how to avoid them. All you need do is keep your eyes on Him and follow Him whole heartedly.

The scripture says he that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord He is my refuge and my fortress, my God and in him will I trust, he will deliver me from the snare of the fowler and from the noisome pestilence. He will deliver you from all this things dancing around you because you are abiding under his shadow. So simply keep your eyes are on Him and follow Him wherever He leads you. I declare to you today that you will not see shame. The Lord in whom you have come to trust will come through for you and you will testify. I bless you in the name of the Lord.

Psalm 91:1-16
Amos 1-3
Revelation 6

Matthew_4-19:And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men

John_8-12: Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life

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Christ Took His Place In A Manger So That I Will Have A Home In Heaven

Matthew_6-20: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. – (2 Corinthians 8:9)

In reality, the story of Jesus is not a rags-to-riches story; it is a riches-to-rags story. It is a story of leaving the glory of Heaven for this planet. Jesus could have been born in the most elegant mansion on the ritziest boulevard in Rome. He could have had aristocratic parents who boasted of their pedigree. He could have had the finest clothes from the most exclusive shops. He could have had legions of angels as an army of servants to respond to His every whim. But He had none of that. Instead, Jesus humbled Himself.

We read in 2 Corinthians 8:9, “Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.” God came into our world. He was like any other baby who needed to be cradled, needed to be nurtured, and needed to be protected. The Creator of the universe was born in a stable in Bethlehem.

Like everything else in the Christmas story, we have romanticized this aspect of it. I think, in many ways, we miss its raw, powerful meaning. This stable or barn (or maybe even cave) where Christ was born was cold and damp. It also would have smelled. God incarnate was born on the dirt floor of a filthy stable. Our Saviour came not as a monarch draped in gold and silk, but as a baby wrapped in rags.

Jesus went from being a sovereign to a servant. He went from the glory of God to a stable filled with animals. It has been said that history swings on the hinge of the door of a stable in Bethlehem.

Think about what Jesus left to come to us. Jesus took His place in a manger so that we might have a home in Heaven.

Ephesians_1-3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

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And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Fill My Cup Lord, I Lift It Up Lord!
Come And Quench This Thirsting Of My Soul;
Bread Of Heaven, Feed Me Till I Want No More
Fill My Cup, Fill It Up And Make Me Whole

Matthew_5-6: Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled

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I Will Go To Jesus. He Will Direct And Deliver Me And He Will Put Me On The Path Toward My Destiny, Amen!

Psalms_16-11: Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Psalms_119-105: Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path

Matthew 1:21, “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.” (KJV)

Everyone has a sin problem because we are born with a sin nature. The book of Romans declares all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. When people are willing to admit their sins, God extends both mercy and forgiveness. He pardons us and places us in a position of redemption, therefore we are justified. He sees us as if we never committed a sin. That is amazing to me!

One of the repeated pieces of advice Jesus gave people during His ministry was this, “Go and sin no more.” John 5:14 and John 8:11

Do not make excuses for sin. Do not try to ignore it or explain it away. Sin will never go away on its own. We must deal with it, we must confront it and the only way we can deal effectively with sin is to realize that only the Wonderful Counsellor can help us remove sins power and guilt.

Today I encourage you to go to Jesus. He will direct you, He will deliver you and He will put you on the path toward your destiny.

Proverbs_3-6: In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths

Psalms_119-105: Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path

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Christ The Power Of God, And The Wisdom Of God

1-Corinthians_1-18: For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God

Romans_1-16: For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek

I Corinthians 1:23-24, “But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.”

Jesus is the Wonderful Counsellor because He is the power and wisdom of God. Jesus is the one who can give us the power to help us overcome all of life’s problems and the wisdom to know how to deal with them when we fall into a snare or a trap or a pit.

The counsellors in the natural realm can help us with problems but they can only do so much, they can only go so far. By contrast, Jesus, the Wonderful Counsellor, has the ability to help us deal with the root cause of our problem. As Hebrew tells us in Hebrews 5:2, “He is able to deal gently with the spiritually ignorant and misguided, since he is also subject to human weakness.” Hebrews 4:15 says, “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.”

In other words, Jesus understands our problems. He is sympathetic to our failure but He is too good a counsellor to just let us do whatever we want to do and ignore the consequences. He knows our problems, He has the counsel necessary that will help us. And if we would listen and follow His advice we will always be victorious.

Romans_1-16: For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek

1-Corinthians_1-18: For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God

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