Looking to Jesus

"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 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" (‭Hebrews‬ ‭12‬:‭1-2‬ KJV). Sometimes it is easier to quit than it is to go on through the battle. Life begins to feel heavy and problems weigh down the heart, and at those times it seem useless to go on. The battle is not so much on the outside, but it's on the inside. The war usually starts in the heart. Maybe it was something someone said or what someone did, but the problem is in the heart. It is easier to point the finger at others than it is to allow God to point at our hearts. God is out to get our attention before the battle with our own flesh gets ahold of us in defeat. This is one thing satan would love to see, that is one defeated and telling themselves that it is useless and that they are no good. The devil will let us speak all the nonsense about ourselves and others. It does not hurt him, but it hurts us. Satan wants us to quit on Christ, to just give up and walk away. However, remember Jesus did not quit on you and I. He went to the cross, never looking back or desiring to quit. "For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds" (vs. 3) God bless you. Amen