Nikki Hixson
READ HEBREWS 12:1-2
Have you ever played baseball? If not, that’s okay, I haven’t either. I’ve watched a lot of it though. Oh, and I’ve played kickball... and in my opinion, kickball and baseball both kind of have the same concept, right? Maybe a little.
But have you ever thought about how much baseball can relate to your walk with Jesus? Think about it. In a baseball game, the team that is up to bat has a coach at first and third base in order to direct the players on when to run and when to stay on base. It’s incredibly important to listen to your coach. Why? Because he can see EVERYTHING. The coach can see the ball, where it is, who has it, and he will be able to tell if you (the runner) have enough time to get to the next base or not. If the runner tried to use his own judgment and do what he thinks is best, it wouldn’t work out very well because the runner’s view is skewed. The runner would always be looking back, having to take his eyes off of his coach.
We do this all the time in the Christian life. It looks a little different though, for an instance—we go back to our old ways, we take our eyes off of our “Coach” (AKA Jesus) and put them on so many other things; always lesser things. Like in the game of baseball, we should choose to not look back. There is nothing there for us. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus so that when He directs you in the way you should go, you can see Him and hear Him. No more looking to the past. No more looking around the field with the intention of directing yourself. Like the old hymn says, we need to “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.”
Choose today to run this race without looking back. Choose today to set your gaze upon Jesus. He alone will satisfy. He alone is enough. Jesus is better than whatever you’re longing for. And He is certainly better than all you’ve left behind.
READ HEBREWS 12:1-2
Have you ever played baseball? If not, that’s okay, I haven’t either. I’ve watched a lot of it though. Oh, and I’ve played kickball... and in my opinion, kickball and baseball both kind of have the same concept, right? Maybe a little.
But have you ever thought about how much baseball can relate to your walk with Jesus? Think about it. In a baseball game, the team that is up to bat has a coach at first and third base in order to direct the players on when to run and when to stay on base. It’s incredibly important to listen to your coach. Why? Because he can see EVERYTHING. The coach can see the ball, where it is, who has it, and he will be able to tell if you (the runner) have enough time to get to the next base or not. If the runner tried to use his own judgment and do what he thinks is best, it wouldn’t work out very well because the runner’s view is skewed. The runner would always be looking back, having to take his eyes off of his coach.
We do this all the time in the Christian life. It looks a little different though, for an instance—we go back to our old ways, we take our eyes off of our “Coach” (AKA Jesus) and put them on so many other things; always lesser things. Like in the game of baseball, we should choose to not look back. There is nothing there for us. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus so that when He directs you in the way you should go, you can see Him and hear Him. No more looking to the past. No more looking around the field with the intention of directing yourself. Like the old hymn says, we need to “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.”
Choose today to run this race without looking back. Choose today to set your gaze upon Jesus. He alone will satisfy. He alone is enough. Jesus is better than whatever you’re longing for. And He is certainly better than all you’ve left behind.
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