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An encouragement on fixing our eyes on Jesus

Elizabeth Prata

If You want to look like Jesus, look at Jesus.

We should fix our gaze upon Jesus, not the latest comedy or sports teams. Viewing those things is not a sin, but fixing on them, that would be a sin.

Let’s focus on the phrase “fix your eyes upon Jesus” from Hebrews 12:2. I looked up the word “fix” and Strong’s says

872 aphoráō (from 575 /apó, “away from” and 3708 /horáō, “see”) – properly, “looking away from all else, to fix one’s gaze upon” (Abbott-Smith).

How helpful. I should not glance, not peek, not glimpse, but FIX my GAZE upon him, looking away from all else and steadily drinking in all that He is.

I need to spend more time with Jesus to look more like Him. What a great line. Moses only got to see God’s ‘back’ and Moses’ face after being with God was so bright it had to be veiled. We have the privilege of looking at Jesus’ “face” as it were, through His word. I want my face to be shining, to have my being conformed to Him, to have my mind transformed. But it won’t happen unless I read the Bible.

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