OzThoughts Wednesday 8th April 2009.

OzThoughts Wednesday 8th April 2009.
Wednesday in Holy Week

“Keep your eyes on Jesus…study how he did it” says the writer to the Hebrews and he continues “When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item,,,”

There is a simple recipe for success in our Christian walk. Our Christian walk is all about Jesus. We are reminded that Jesus “…never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever.”

I notice how the writer speaks of an “exhilarating finish’ but that the way for Jesus included “the cross, shame, whatever.” It doesn’t get any rougher than that. Our rough paths would seem insignificant to all he endured.

[Listen: Male Voice: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music3/mus_4259.mp3
or
Trombone solo: http://salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_1891.mp3 ]

I walked one day along a country road,
And there a stranger journeyed, too,
Bent low beneath the burden of His load:
It was a cross, a cross I knew.

Refrain:
“Take up thy cross and follow Me,”
I hear the blessed Savior call;
How can I make a lesser sacrifice,
When Jesus gave His all?

I cried, “Lord Jesus,” and He spoke my name;
I saw His hands all bruised and torn;
I stooped to kiss away the marks of shame,
The shame for me that He had borne.

“Oh, let me bear Thy cross, dear Lord,” I cried,
And, lo, a cross for me appeared,
The one, forgotten, I had cast aside,
The one, so long, that I had feared.

My cross I’ll carry till the crown appears—
The way I journey soon will end—
Where God Himself shall wipe away all tears,
And friend hold fellowship with friend.


Hebrews 12:1-3 (The Message)
Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we'd better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins.

Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever.
And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!


You might like to listen to “Salvoaudio Songster Selection for Easter”. It is a choice selection of 11 songster pieces by at least 7 Songster Brigades.
Click here:
http://www.salvoaudio.com/songsters/salvoaudio_songsters.htm
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