One in which you choose the way
Keep inching forward, onward, upward
Let nothing make you sway
One step backward, it’s ok
Just set your sights, it’s a brand new day
You’ve the strength within to lead you onward
The Truth! The Life! The Way
So guard your heart, your mind, your soul
Keep moving on toward your goal
Keep moving forward, onward, upward
Tis a battle HE well knows.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
5 The Lord GOD has opened My ear;
And I was not disobedient
Nor did I turn back.
7 For the Lord GOD helps Me,
Therefore, I am not disgraced;
Therefore, I have set My face like flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed.
Isaiah 50:4-7
Now when the time was almost come for Jesus to be received up [to heaven],
He steadfastly and determinedly set His face to go to Jerusalem (toward the Cross).
Luke 9:51
Life’s battles are a great challenge and there are times when we feel like we cannot go on any further, like we want to draw back and give up, like there is no tomorrow. In such times I stop and reflect on the incredible resolve of Jesus, who for the joy set before Him endured the Cross and who now sits at the right hand of the Father ALWAYS INTERCEEDING FOR ME (Hebrews 12:2). He set His own face like flint toward the goal that now gives me the courage to put one foot in front of the other, to move onward and upward in each of life’s struggles, challenges, battles.
Think of all the hostility He endured from sinful people;
then you won’t become weary and give up.Hebrews 12:3
then you won’t become weary and give up.Hebrews 12:3
Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12:1-3
smcs 10/26/2012Hebrews 12:1-3
