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What is next?


That is a tough question but an important one.  This week has given me much to think about as it relates the christian life and the striation ahead for us.  As I said earlier this week, the journey is as important as the destination.


So what is next for us and for our faith?  It is a challenge to live by faith, but it is always right.  Keeping our eyes on Jesus is vital to making sure the journey continues.


Galatians 3:12  NASB  

However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, “The person who performs them will live by them.”


That calls in to question how we walk and the part that the law plays in our lives.  Faith is based on the finished work of God that is founded in His grace and His love for us.


Hebrews 12:2  NLT  

We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.


How do we live by faith and choose wisely for what is next?  It is by keeping our eyes on Jesus.  


What is next?  It is Jesus.


He is our champion.


He is the one who works our faith and changes us.


He is the one that found joy, or finds joy, in doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.


He is the only one who could go to the cross and a sacrifice.


He is the only that dealt with our shame and gives us forgiveness.


He is the one who finished the work that God the Father Him to do, and now Jesus is sitting in heaven, in the place of honor.  That is how we are sure of what is next.


It is all in the hands of Jesus.  And He can be trusted!  For all that is next for you and me, we trust God with the every day journey that is changing our lives.

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