CONFIDENT EXPECTATION
Hebrews 12:2: “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Twelve year old Cassie watched a lady throw up water in the swimming pool’s deep end. Her eyes grew wide. Her face blushed red. Cassie looked unto the life guard stationed just above where the lady sank underneath the water’s surface. “Help!” Cassie yelled.
The life guard snapped his head to where Cassie screamed. One moment later, he dived from the life guard stand into the water. He grabbed the woman and surfaced. Another life guard reached down to lift her unto the pool’s deck.
Life-saving CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) got the woman sitting up by the time EMTs (Emergency Medical Technicians) arrived. There aren’t many things people can depend on for salvation today. But life-saving techniques of CPR and first-responding EMTs are routinely called upon when life is threatened.
You may have noticed that two untos and one to are in bold face. Cassie looked onto the first life guard, expecting help. The second lifeguard lifted the woman unto the pool’s deck, expecting that she was safely on firm ground.
We don’t normally use the word “unto” instead of a simple “to”. The two words mean slightly different things. “To” is a direction. “Unto” means expectation.
The opening Scripture could have easily said, “Let us fix our eyes onto Jesus,” instead of “on” Jesus, because we do look unto Him confidently expecting salvation. That’s the point of this devotion.
Believers-in-Christ look unto Him confidently expecting Him to save, heal and protect us. Did you notice that the opening Scripture also says that Jesus “for the joy set before Him endured the cross.”
WHAT?
Yeah. Jesus is God, alright.
No one else would have volunteered to set aside divinity to be born as a human baby. Jesus depended on God’s mighty power and His human sacrificial love to die in your place!
God wants us to “fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.” Or, Jesus “began” and “finished” this human race. He’s with us in all circumstances, rescuing whoever looks unto Him.
Take Home Nugget
People prefer not to pester Jesus all the time, though. Even Apostle Paul depended on self-effort in Romans 7:19. “For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.”
See the lesson linked below to find Paul looking unto Jesus, who rescued him from death.
Being Jesus-conscious adds confident expectation for His deliverance when looking onto Him in all situations.
J.D. Griffith
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