The merciful embrace of God saves and carries us, imparts the hope of glory in us, and hides us until we are ready–until we are dead to ourselves and alive in the life and resurrection of Jes

Gazing on Jesus pulls us out of the world and the laces us in the throne room of heaven. You can call this whatever you’d like—turn your eyes on Jesus, look to Jesus, behold, meditate, etc. I use “gazing on Jesus” because Psalm 27 says, “to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord” in my chosen translation. Whatever you call it, it is the part(s) of our day when we stop and look with our spiritual eyes, or meditate, on who God is and who he says we are, on his attributes, on the King and activity of the kingdom of heaven.

From before the foundations of the earth, God has been devoted to his creation, assuring a way for us to be together forever. We are made in his image and becoming more and more like him as we follow Jesus. And for those reasons, the subject of devotion is important to us as disciples. 

I know a lady who has given up caffeine as a life-long fast. Like, even…