April 23, 2012 Keep A Jesus Focus

Keep A Jesus Focus Mark 9:47-48 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into Hell, 48 where “their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.” THE hymn says, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in his wonderful face. And the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace.” The song is an offering to your mind and soul to keep a Jesus focus in your life. It is his glory that must guide and guard you. I hope Jesus’ scary words here frighten and stir you to action regarding the focus of your own life and the lives of your loved ones. I pray you are urgent to tell them to turn their eyes upon Jesus whether they like to hear it or not. Yes, they need to know they must focus their full attention on Jesus. One eye on Jesus and one eye on the world is no eye on Jesus. You get double vision. You think you see Jesus, but the world confuses your view. Confusion blurs your vision, and you don’t know what direction is the right direction. When you don’t know the right direction, you become lost, and “lost” is a word Jesus uses for people who have no eye on him. You don’t want to be lost. The lost go to Hell, where “their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.” Consider the horror. Turn your eyes to Jesus, the way to Heaven. Pause and consider how joyful are they who fully see Jesus.