Saturday, August 25th
Good morning Kimberly,
Here's Today's Devotional from The Vine...
The Joy Set Before Him
It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem. - Luke 9:51
There were many great and painful steps that Jesus needed to take
before He could reach this blessed hour and be received into glory. The
immediate future was full of struggle, loss, and pain. Jesus was able
to see the splendor of heaven with its opening gates and its welcome
home, but before His feet could enter Heaven He needed to pass through a
large battlefield full of enemies. There were days of toil and nights
of loneliness. Finally He would pass through Gethsemane's gloom, and
all that led to Calvary. He must die and go into the grave. All this
before He could be received up.
However, He did not think of any of these painful steps. He did not
let His eye rest on the shadows that lay in the valley, but lifted it
up to the mountain-top beyond, where the splendors of heaven blazed.
Keeping His thoughts on His heavenly home that waited when He had
ended the journey, He forgot the toils and the tears and didn't lose
hope.
This is a wonderful secret which all of us ought to learn. We should
not to think so much about the toil and hardness of our journey, but to
look beyond to the "light at the end of the tunnel". Many of us go
through life worrying and keep our eyes looking gloomily down on the
path we are treading. We see all the troubles, difficulties and
discouragement, but we never raise our eyes to see the joy, hope and
blessings that wait for us. We ought to learn this life-secret which
made Christ forget the shame and sorrow of His cross and see only the
glory beyond. Learn to look up toward heaven.
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