"We fix our eyes on Jesus alone, the beginning and end of our faith," Hebrews 12:2.
Look around. We're surrounded. Yes! surrounded by a huge cloud of witnesses to God's faithfulness. A massive cloud points our eyes away from all else and toward Jesus. So we run a race with Jesus, and toward Jesus. We shake off resisting weights. (We dump clinging, hindering sin.) We endure. We endure because Jesus endured the cross. He did the cross for the joy beyond the cross. He starts our faith. He completes our faith. He's won the race. And we run the race, too, winners with him! We press on no matter the weariness, the opposition, the weak knees. (No! We will strengthen knees!) God calls us his children, and, in this race, he prepares us to share in his holiness. Sky kingdom.
We encourage, and are encouraged by, a brother or sister today as we turn our eyes to Jesus. And, together, we give thanks to God. He makes us his children.
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