What is the value of seeing
Jesus? How does this put money in your bank account and food on your table? How
does this help your children in their studies? Believers who have asked me
these questions think that they are being pragmatic, but they don’t realize
that miracles happen when they keep their eyes on Jesus. Look at what happened
to a fisherman called Peter, who was one of Jesus’ disciples, in Matthew
14:22–33. When his boat was in the middle of a lake, the most practical thing
for a seasoned fisherman to do was to stay in the boat. Science tells you that
when you step out into the water, you will sink!
But the greatest miracle
that Peter experienced happened one night when he stepped out of his boat in
the middle of a storm at Jesus’ word. That night, the winds were boisterous,
but as long as Peter kept his eyes on Jesus, he did the impossible—he walked on
water. Jesus was walking on the water and when Peter looked at Jesus, he became
like Jesus and did the supernatural. God’s Word declares that “we all, with
unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord,
are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory,
just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
Beloved, as Jesus is, so
are you in this world. When you keep your focus on Jesus, you are transformed
into His image from glory to glory. You are transformed by beholding, not by
working. When you see that Jesus is above the storms of your life, you will
effortlessly rise above those storms. No amount of self-effort could have
helped Peter walk on water. When he did, it happened simply because he was
looking at Jesus.
Let me share with you a
testimony from a lady in our church. She went for a mammogram one morning and
the doctors found some lumps in her breast. They told her to return to the
clinic in the afternoon so that they could perform further tests to determine
if the lumps were cancerous. But this lady was fresh from hearing me teach that
as Jesus is, so are we in this world. So before she returned to the clinic for
the biopsy, she actually wrote on her medical report, “Does Jesus have lumps in
His breast? As He is, so am I in this world.” That afternoon, she went for
further tests and guess what! The doctors told her that there must have been a
mistake—they could find no lumps! Do you know why? Because as He is, so is she!
You have just seen the power of looking to Jesus. If you think that simply looking to Christ is impractical, I am challenging you today to see that it is not. In fact, it is the most practical thing you can ever do. Keep your eyes on Jesus and you will become more and more like Him—full of health, strength, wisdom and life! (Article & Picture; courtesy of Joseph prince Ministries used with kind permission).
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