Empower your Day in Just Seconds
Grantley Morris
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Like Peter, I fix my eyes on Jesus, step out of the boat and take a couple of miraculous steps on water toward my Lord. Then I notice the wind. I look at the waves. I remember Im human. I begin to sink. On the positive side, Jesus is ever-present to grab me in his strong arms and I had managed a couple of amazing steps. But it was ever so brief because my focus soon lowered from Jesus to circumstances and then to myself. ` As an alcoholic is addicted to drink, Im addicted to focusing on myself instead of my Lord. What initiates my self-consciousness is more often feelings of inadequacy than pride. Whatever the cause, however, it gets my eyes off Jesus and I begin to sink. I have times when I wrench my eyes off myself long enough to gaze upon my Lord. For those brief moments astounding things are possible. Then the old addiction gets the better of me. Pride or self-protection, fear or selfishness, consciousness of my inadequacies or memories of past failures some awareness of what I am without Christ becomes so strong that I forget that I am not without Christ. Before I know it, the Lord has slipped from my thinking and Im getting that sinking feeling. But although it happens so often, I know the answer is to re-set my gaze upon my Savior. So I try again. Will you join me? Taken from Mysteries in Jesus Teaching Share this! May be freely copied. Just include this notice: © Grantley Morris, www.net-burst.com
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