Looking Unto Jesus (Part 3)!

INSPIRE Devotionals With Emmanuel Afiawari Saturday, August 30, 2025 Topic: LOOKING UNTO JESUS (Part 3)! 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: Paul counsels, "So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective" (Col. 3:1‭-‬2 MSG). To look unto Jesus is to feast on all the treasures of the heavenly realm and fill your thoughts with heavenly realities and possibikities, and not with the distractions of the natural realm (TPT). Where truly is our affection? When young couples first fall in love, they're always gazing at each other or talking about their partner to the admiration of others. How do you look unto Jesus? Do you see the vast treasures of the heavenly realm and allow them fill your thoughts? Do you see some realities you could possibly attain if you realign your vision and perspectives to His? This is the crucial point of the matter - the after effect of your gaze is what God is after, but we often preoccupy ourselves with our physical realities at the expense of what He wants us to see through Him. Paul argues, "And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit" (2 Cor 3:18 NIV). There can never be a better way to experience than looking unto Jesus. TODAY'S TAKE HOME: God's intent when He says to look unto Jesus is for you to see Him as your source for everything, and to make you to feast on all the treasures of the heavenly realm and fill your thoughts with heavenly realities, and not with the distractions of the natural realm. Meditate on this truth today. PRAYER: O Lord, I receive grace to look unto you with my full attention and affection. I feast on all the treasures of the heavenly realm and fill my thoughts with heavenly realities. I disallow the distractions of the natural realm, in Jesus name.