Hebrews 12:2 "We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from start to finish."
The writer of Hebrews is encouraging us to keep our eyes focused on Jesus, meaning that we need to continually live our lives under his rule and reign. He then says that our faith depends upon this. In fact, our whole faith, from start to finish, depends upon this.
Some people tend to think that we believe in Jesus, get saved, and then we just have to be nice people and sit around and wait until he comes again to bring us to heaven. I think the gospel of Jesus is much bigger than this. We need to live under the rule and reign of Jesus from beginning to end. Jesus doesn't just get us saved and then the rest is up to us; as if following Jesus and truly being a disciple were extra credit. We must daily, from here on out, keep our eyes fixed on him and his kingdom.
Dear Jesus, keep my eyes on you. Amen.
