Fixing our Eyes on Christ!

Hebrews 12 1-2

1.Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

I think about the first part of this verse in terms of sports! This may seem kinda weird, but when I am playing a sport I need to make sure I have shorts and a t-shirt. I cannot go jogging in a pair of jeans. It holds me back, or hinders me. It is easy to get caught up in jeans. Sin is like a pair of Jeans.

If we want to live totally sold out for Christ, we must throw off sin!

Now here is the rub, we ourselves can't throw off sin! My pastor Josh talked in his sermon last Sunday about how we try to manage our sin. We say to ourselves...

“I wont sin, I wont sin, I wont sin…”

And what happens? We are so fixated on trying not to sin, WE SIN! It is not about managing our sin, it is about fixing out eyes on Christ so that we can become more like Christ! I fix my eyes I fix my eyes I fix my eyes on Christ, and run the race marked out for me, because Jesus has already paid the price! Can I get an Amen?

I fix my eyes on Christ because HE is worthy! I fix my eyes on Christ because HE is just! I fix my eyes on Christ because HE is love! I fix my eyes on Christ because he is GOD! What do you fix your eyes on?