Our Eyes on Jesus

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

September 3, 2025

Our Eyes on Jesus

Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

Matthew 6:21

One of my heart’s desires is a simple lifestyle and a life free from clutter. I can hear Cheryl laugh out loud when she reads this, because I am the KING of clutter. Even so, I don’t like it. I look at my writing desk; there is barely enough room for my laptop with pens, and scraps of paper and odds and ends and books here and there. I know my hesitation in “de-cluttering” lies in the need to decide on each piece of clutter, and I am also the KING of procrastination; I avoid making decisions.

So, do I treasure clutter? No, I don’t think so, but let’s leave this rabbit trail and ponder what Jesus is saying in the verse above. I hear Jesus saying my treasure lies in knowing where I am going, eternally, and knowing the source of my strength. And the desires of my heart lie in not allowing clutter, hurriedness, or business to interfere with my pursuit of my right-standing with my Creator.

How do we weed the clutter, hurriedness and business out of our lives? It is simple, really, we daily apply the imperative of Hebrews 12:2, we keep our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith.

My Takeaway: We can also pray, “I am not my own, I am Thine. By creation and redemption, I am Thine.” This daily prayer will help keep us in God’s grace for each day.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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