The things of earth that worry us will grow dim in the Light of Jesus' Glory and grace:
Hymn Written by Helen H Lemmel 1922"Turn your eyes upon Jesus"
Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful face,And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,In the light of His glory and grace."
Praying in times of Anxiety and Worry in life is Key to overcoming; Indeed, Prayer in times of Anxiety and worry is the sword that slays and mortifies the deeds of the flesh of worrying. Times of worry and anxiety is a reality reminder for me to pray, and to bring it to the Foot of the cross of Jesus and leave it there.
Christ endured such great pain and suffering on the Cross, there is nothing to worry about in life that is greater than the Cross of Jesus. He nulifies all worrying in His blood when I trust in Him to take all my concerns. His peace will indeed surround me like the sea and diminish the worry to grant me strength to endure the pain and suffering of the thing that causes worry.
Why will the things of earth that worry me fade away? The Key passages of Scripture to answer this question is found in Hebrews 12:1-6 and Philippians 4:6-7. They will fade away when we have the right focus on Jesus. He is the author and perfecter of our faith--He had joy set before Him that gave Him great endurance over the cross despising its shame.
Why? That He may bring all those whom the God the Father Gave to Him before the foundation of the world, to glory--His focus was on those who are His, that the Father gave, that He may redeem them in His blood, and such a task brought great joy to Him that though the cross was a shameful way to die in capital punishment by the Roman Empire, Jesus Despised the very Shame that was brought upon Him to the point of not giving up, but endured the cross despising its shame.
Why? To bring many sons and daughters to glory! Not only that, but conquered the shame and Resurrected back from the grave ascended into Heaven and Sits at the right hand of the throne of Grace on high! He did not become weary but conquered to His enthronement with the glory He shared with the Father before the Foundation of the world, consider Jesus' great endurance by the hands of sinful man.
Why? That He may bring many children to glory. And give His children a reason to endure to the end. His blood was shed, and He resisted to learn obedience, and to the point that His blood was shed on behalf of His Children. He who knew no sin, became sin for His children and in exchange gave His children His righteousness that they may become righteous in God's Eyes! Who for Joy set before Him, looked beyond the cross for that monumental day that He would send the Counselor, God the Holy Spirit to indwell His people. He endured such opposition that we may not grow weary and loose heart.
Therefore, why are we not to worry? Because It is sin, and in your struggle against sin you have not resisted to the point of Shedding your blood; therefore go to Jesus with your sin and mortify the deeds of the sinful nature, such as, worry; claim the shed blood of Christ for cleansing and repent and turn to Jesus and rely on the Holy Spirit for strength, through His Grace you will overcome in your struggle against the sin of worry.
Fix your eyes on Jesus, in fixing and focusing on Jesus you will find that He is God in the flesh that His shed blood on the cross was such a great price of His suffering for my Eternal Salvation.
No more reason to worry! Since He endured the eternal penalty of my sin cursed self on the cross that encumbered all the reasons to worry in my life, and conquered Eternal Hell on my behalf through His Resurrection; it follows, that all the reasons to worry, was indeed nullified in His Blood, there is no more reason for worry, but greater joy of Focusing on Jesus and His sufficiency to choke the life out of the sin of worry, that they indeed grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.
In considering Jesus' great endurance of such opposition by the Hands of Sinful man--in consideration of such great endurance is seen in the key understanding that Jesus kept entrusting Himself to God the Father in Prayer with every opposition; with every insult, spitting, His cheek being offered to those who plucked out His beard; with every scourging, with every crown of thorns in His head; with every nail that pierced His hands and feet; with every drop of blood, indeed it followed that He indeed prayed to every pain and dripping blood was He, indeed, in constant prayer to God the Father! Matching Pain and suffering with Prayer and Trusting. In Jesus' own words did He Pray, Luke 23:34 "Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”And they divided up his clothes by casting lots."
"Let us also heed the words of the Apostle Peter's testimony to Jesus' Suffering:
I Peter 1:23-24" When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed."
Let Him who has ears to hear, hear! the Key in overcoming worry in life is indeed Prayer; in prayer we focus our attention on Jesus the author and perfecter of our Faith. And who is Jesus? But God, the word become flesh! Therefore in prayer we do focus our attention on our Great, infinite, Sovereign, Eternal God, in submission and surrender to His Sovereign will for my life, through His Divine providence and leading, do I learn to Trust in Him. And I find that indeed, my attention is focused on His Greatness to intervene, do I find His Great peace surrounding me, do I find in repentance and Rest is my Salvation, in quietness and trust is my strength! Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
The Second Reason Why the things of worry in this life will grow strangely dim, in the light of His Glory and Grace is seen in my Adoption into God's eternal family and kingdom through the Blood of His Son!
Hebrews 12:4-6 4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”
Hebrews 12: 2-6 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”
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