Look at Jesus, Not the Giants in the Land

"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, 2Looking 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." (Hebrews 12:1-2)

We are called to set aside anything and everything that can set us off or keep us down.

Sin is in the world, and not just in our flesh. This is a fallen world, and we should not allow anything that induces sorrow, worry, hardships, or discouragement.

We need to focus on Jesus, for He establishes faith and culminates our faith.

It's all about Him, not the hardships before us or behind us.

Consider how the Israelites failed massively in this regard:

"And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants. And we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.” (Numbers 13:33)

"We were in our own sight" the ten false spies shared with the rest of the Israelite congregation.

Unbelievable! They needed to look at God's Word, and God's promises, not themselves.

Consider Abram, before he received his new covenant name for God:

"And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land." (Genesis 12:6)

The giants were already there, but Abram did not care.

He was walking by faith!

"8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. 9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." (Hebrews 11:8-10)

He was not looking at himself or his circumstances.

He didn;t consider the giants in the land.

He consider God, who faithfully promised--and delivered on that promise!

Today, when it comes to any or all challenges we may face in our lives, let us rest and meditate on God's promises, not our premises or our circumstances. Look to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of Faith!