Looking Unto Jesus!

INSPIRE Devotionals With Emmanuel Afiawari Thursday, August 28, 2025 Topic: LOOKING UNTO JESUS. Memory Verse: "They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed" - Psalms 34:5 NKJV Bible Text: Hebrews 12:2 KJV 2. Looking 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. INSPIRATION: Looking unto Jesus isn't as simple as just taking a casual gaze. It is a conscious and deliberate exercise that makes Him the centre of your thoughts. It is an act of absolute worship that magnifies Him above all else. Looking unto Jesus takes away the attention from ourselves or our problems. Many of us are too self-centred and problem-centred. This tends diminish God's sovereignty when our focus is on everything else other than Jesus. When you look unto Jesus, you're making Him the centerpiece of your affection, and you shift the weight of your burdens on Him. When you look unto Jesus, radiance beautifies your countenance and shame leaves no traces on you. Looking unto Jesus fills you with glistening glory that eliminates all forms of shame or confusion. It literally crowns Jesus Lord over you and whatever may have assailed you. Herein His peace reigns and makes your life's storms pale into insignificance. TODAY'S TAKE HOME: Jesus is honoured when we focus all our attention on Him than when we put all the attention on ourselves and our challenges. The latter tends to remove God from our equation and brings frustration. PRAYER: O Lord, I repent for every time I had occupied myself with self-consuming thoughts and became self-conceited and problem-laden. I receive grace to turn the tide and fix my focus on you always, in Jesus name.