ABIDE
This week:“Fixing our eyes on Jesus,the author and perfecter of
our faith”Hebrews 12:2
WHO IS THE ‘PERFECTER’ OFYOUR FAITH?
Oftent imes we are the perfecters of our ownfai th. We focus on
the do’s and don’ t ’s. Wemake sure we are moral ly good and i f
not , weheap shame on ourselves. OR, we look toothers around us to
be the perfecters of ourfai th, because we think they hear f rom
Godbetter than we do. Bottom l ine is, i f we aren’ tlooking to
Jesus as the author and perfecter ofour fa i th, we wi l l fa l l
short every s ingle t ime.Always discouraged. Anything or anyone,
thatwe put in place of Jesus as our perfecter, is anidol .
1. Spend some time withthe Lord today and askthe Holy Spirit to
revealto you the answer to thisquestion.
2. If it is anyone but Jesus,spend some timeconfessing that to
Himnow.
3. Read, pray through,personalize Psalm 113today, keeping in
mindthat Jesus is the perfecterof your faith.
“Who is like the Lord? You took me from the ashes and healed me
of
my blindness. Who is like the Lord?” "Cannot Keep You" by
Gungor
