Fix My Eyes

This past week I heard a new song that was just released by for King & Country. I decided to look the song up at home and ended up playing the song over and over because its really good.

Fix My Eyes - for King & Country

Hit rewind
Click delete
Stand face to face with the younger me
All of the mistakes
All of the heartbreak
Here's what I'd do differently

I'd love like I'm not scared
Give when it's not fair
Live life for another
Take time for a brother
Fight for the weak ones
Speak out for freedom
Find faith in the battle
Stand tall but above it all
Fix my eyes on you

The things of Earth are dimming
In the light of Your glory and grace
I'll set my sights upon Heaven
I'm fixing my eyes on you
I'm fixing my eyes on you
I'm fixing my eyes

Its really quite interesting how now that I think about what my latest blog posts have been about, they are quite similar. My recent blog posts all point to how life with Christ as our Lord and savior is of such worth that its worth more for us to give up our identity, our self-worth, our everything to follow and serve Him. Once again I find myself thinking about the same thing. I feel as though I must be constantly reminded that Christ is all, He is everything I will ever need. If Christ has us is His care all other things of this world, things not of God, will become pointless endeavors to us.

Only, now I am getting older. Only now am I learning to put childish things away. Over the past years in high school I have learned so much, but still I'm learning such things about life.

I would love not afraid to sacrifice myself to God because He sacrificed His all for me.

I would give to those who don't deserve to have anything given to them because Christ gave me Mercy over the death of which I deserve.

I would live my life for God instead of living out my own selfish desires to gratify my own pleasures. I have learned that a life lived for myself still ends in death.

I would take the time to be around my brothers in Christ to build them up when they are struggling. I would take the time to really pray for them when in need.

I would fight for those who don't have the strength to fight themselves. I would lift up those who are put down just as Christ did.

I would speak of the Freedom of life in Christ. If we don't have freedom in Christ are we really free?

I would trust God when I am down and don't know what to do instead of relying on my own knowledge and strength. God knows all that we need and if He loves us so much to save us, wouldn't He give us what we need?

I would speak out and stand for who I trust and believe in instead of being timid about proclaiming the name of my Savior.

However, the most important thing I would have done is fix my eyes on Jesus more than just some of the time, but all of the time.

The more I think about fixing my eyes on Jesus the more I realize how important it is to do so. The more you or I fix our eyes on Jesus the more the aforementioned things will become the case in our lives. If Christ is at the center of our vision the profound reality is, all the other things that Christ has called us to pursue or be will follow as a result of that focused vision on Christ. Fix your eyes on Him.