Fixing Your Eyes Away From the Little Traps of Life

The new year of 2015 is just around the corner, can you believe it? Every year we all make new years resolutions that we attempt to keep all year long. If you made a new years resolution that failed, do not worry because this year is your year to make a difference to your life. My new years resolution for this year is to fix my eyes away from what the world has to offer. Away from temptations, traps, lies, and other schemes of Satan. My new goal is to fix my eyes only to Jesus. It is so easy to loose our focus on Jesus. Our daily activities calls for our constant attention that makes us lose our focus to what is important. But we need to be aware that when we loose our focus on Jesus, that is when Satan takes the opportunity to steal, kill, and destroy us. John 10:10 says, "The thief only comes to steal and kill and destroy."

Satan always works in ways to deceive our mind. He allows us to face temptations in believing that they are small and will not harm us. He wants us to believe that we can keep doing what we are doing because it is not important enough to hurt us. But watch out for the little traps in your life because the little traps lead to a deadly trap. Don't lead yourself into a path of destruction, but rather a path that will take you to prosperity and life, which is a path that fixes on Jesus. Matthew 7:13 says, "You can enter God's kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way." A life that focuses and follows Jesus is a narrow path, because it is not the easy path that many will take. It is hard to always fix our eyes onto Jesus, but when you do, your life will be filled with unspeakable joy and blessings. No one is perfect and we all fall into sin, but we just need to bounce right back up and walk that narrow path fixed onto Jesus. No one is perfect, but striving to be a perfect christian will never harm you. 

Allow God to shine upon you so that you may see him clearly and focused everyday. Focus on Jesus 100% in everything you do. Don't even give Satan a 1% chance to grab your attention away from God. Because Satan will take any opportunity, big or small to grab your attention and eventually destroy you. Avoid digging small holes of sin that will eventually turn larger and deep enough to consume you. Small sins build into larger sins and that is always Satan's trick. To avoid falling for the small and large sins in our lives, we just need to fix our eyes on Jesus. How do we fix our eyes onto Jesus? By meditating the bible and praying daily during any free moment that we have. To focus and remember God in everything that we do. Satan is always trying to grab your attention away from God, so do not loose your sight on him. 

2 Corinthians 4:18 says, "So we fix our eyes on not what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what we see is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." Let's all make a goal to take our focus off from what is physically seen in this word, to the unseen glories of God. We may not see the physical rewards of following Jesus right away, but in his time you will reap his rewards. God's blessings are more abundant than what this world has to offer. Only God can offer eternal blessings and life. Do not let this world distract you or give you a reason to reject the word of God and his truth. So remember, fix your eyes on Jesus everyday.

The Gift Of Freedom

Have there been times when you felt that you had no hope? Times when you felt that your pasts just kept catching up and never letting you go? We are all inseparable from our past mistakes and failures. We are imperfect humans who are never mistake free. However, the good news is we all have hope because we can be made perfect in God's love. God's love offers an overflow of mercy, freedom, and love. Ephesians 2:3-5 says, "All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions- it is by grace you have been saved." Under God's love and the blood of Jesus we can be forgiven of our sins. No bad pasts, mistakes, or failures can hold you down. God has given everyone the freedom to let go of your pasts. God is the God who restores and makes all things new to perfection. No stains, shames, or chains can hold you back. You can be made new through Jesus.

To accept the freedom that God has instilled for us, we need ask and surrender everything we are and allow him to consume us. God owns your past and you can now let it all go. It is not about what you were, but what you are now and what you will become. God has broken all chains and ties and has given the special gift of freedom that we should never take for granted. Galatians 5:1 says, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." Use his freedom to live a life full of love to others. We do not have to live with the burden of our sins because God has taken everything off our shoulders. He has given us the freedom to live our lives and to choose in freedom to love him. God is never forceful but is always there with open arms of love. It is our own duty to ask and take Gods love for us. God may seem far but in reality he is only a call away.

Open your arms in surrender and allow God to rescue you. God gives us the option to take his freedom and love. He is holding the key to freedom for you and is simply waiting for you to take the key and unlock your chains. Jesus is the key to your salvation and freedom. All you need to do is to make Jesus the key to your heart and accept his mercy and love and let it become everything that you are. So remember, Jesus is the gift of freedom.