“…And I will fix my eyes on You…”
Where we fix our eyes is where we tend to go. When driving a car we do not dare drive by using the rear view mirror. That is a sure way to lead us right to wreckage and injury and despair…yet we do that in our spiritual lives all the time. We tend to dwell on our past mistakes rather than to receive God’s forgiveness – forgive ourselves – and move on! By trying to change our past, we actually waste our time and energy…and tend to get into all kinds of emotional wreckage and despair. Let us use the rear view mirrors of our memory to only glance back to gain perspective in where we are going. Let us always keep our eyes focused on Jesus and move forward in our relationship with Him. It is there that we will find joy in the journey.
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:1-2 NASB