MI DAILY DEVOTION
LOOK UP TO THE KING OF KINGS
(Hebrews 12:1- 2) 1- “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2- Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
I preached about this text in our worship, which I believe is very timely or relevant to our present economic conditions. Notice John Wesley’s commentary on Hebrews 12 verses 1 and 2: “Wherefore, being encompassed with a cloud - A great multitude, tending upward with a holy swiftness. Of witnesses - Of the power of faith. Let us lay aside every weight - As all who run a race take care to do. Let us throw off whatever weighs us down, or damps the vigour of our Soul. And the sin which easily besetteth us - As doth the sin of our constitution, the sin of our education, the sin of our profession. Looking - From all other things. To Jesus - As the wounded Israelites to the brazen serpent. Our crucified Lord was prefigured by the lifting up of this; our guilt, by the stings of the fiery serpents; and our faith, by their looking up to the miraculous remedy. The author and finisher of our faith - Who begins it in us, carries it on, and perfects it. Who for the joy that was set before him - Patiently and willingly endured the cross, with all the pains annexed thereto. And is set down - Where there is fullness of joy.” We must learn to look up to Jesus for encouragement, for strength against our enemies, for help and blessings. He is the Author and the Finisher of our faith. (Psalm 60:12) “Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.”
