The Spiritual Eyes of Children of God!

“I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure.” – Psalm 16:8-9 NIV

First of all, we ought to believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour to know and proclaim that we are fully saved (Ephesians 2:8-9) and before we commit ourselves that we are children of God (John 1:12-13). Hence, the word of God states, ‘If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.’ (Romans 10:9-10)

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)

Moreover, Jesus Christ provides the peace of God if we are willing to come to Him and abide in the Holy Spirit, whom God has poured into us to advocate us to follow Him until the end of the age (John 14:15-27) This is one of the reasons why Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross (John 16-7-13).

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30)

Secondly, we ought to know that we are created for a purpose—to serve others and to glorify God (1 Peter 4:10-11). We should not be afraid of anyone and think that we are unworthy. Instead, we should be confident in everything. This is because the word of God declares, ‘The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.’ (Romans 8:15-17) “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.” (Romans  8:29-30) This means that we are also created to be the light of Jesus Christ to the world (Matthew 5:14-16) Therefore, the word of God says, “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.” (2 Corinthians 5:20)

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. (Psalm 139:13-14)

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, 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. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. (Hebrews 12:1-3)

Furthermore, we have to keep our eyes on the Lord and seek His kingdom and righteousness firstly (Matthew 6:33), especially for those of us who have surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ and considered God as their heavenly Father (Ephesians 4:6). The main reason for this is Jesus is the way of the truth and life (John 14:6). Otherwise, we would probably lose focus His kingdom and righteousness, and then we would likely to abide into the world. 1 John 2:15-17 points out clearly we must not abide into the world due to the fact that this worldly love comes not from our heavenly Father, but from Satan, the evil one (1 John 5:19). This is because the word of God states, “The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” (2 Corinthians 4:4) In addition to this, the whole world is going to fade away and we are not able to take any worldly materials with us, whether we are heading to eternal kingdom of heaven or eternal place of punishment, condemnation and death. However, for those of us who please the Lord and the Spirit all the time would experience eternal life from the end of the age with Him (1 John 2:17; Galatians 6:8). Thus, for this reason, as Matthew 6:19-20 states, we must store our treasures in heaven by serving others in love (Galatians 5:13) and living for the glory of God (Colossians 3:1-4, 1 Corinthians 10:31) “So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.” (Galatians 6:9-10)

… Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:13-18)