When Paul walked into Damascus to kill Christians and encountered Jesus–the transformation was immediate and it was  radical.  The man became a champion for the gospel of Jesus Christ and his past MOTIVATED him to redeem his future.  He had been playing for the WRONG TEAM and once he found Jesus He became exactly the opposite of who he was before the meeting.

 

So why should it be any different for any of us?

 

When we are in the flesh—we are playing for the wrong team.

 

When we are in the wrong mindset—our perspective of things is totally jacked up—-and it is jacked up because we are not putting our eyes on the right thing.

 

My word for you today is simple:  Get Your Eyes Up!  Because if your eyes are up, you will have a chance to see what the truth truly is…….

 

And when your eyes are down…….you can be a sitting duck for Hell.

 

Genesis 28:12 is a reference to a dream/vision of Jacob and we commonly refer to it as Jacob’s Ladder…….a picture of angels ascending and descending from heaven to earth on a stairway.

 

What makes it special is then when Jesus talks about it later:

 

John 1 51 He then added, “I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

 

Jesus is now at the beginning of His ministry and tells Nathanael and Philip that “He is Jacob’s Ladder”.

 

Jesus was a radical man—telling people He…..is the ladder into heaven, telling others that He…..is the Living Water, telling others that they must eat…..His flesh or have no part with Him…….No one understood and then……He rose from the dead…….and His followers became radical followers.  The Spirit transformed them…..and He can transform us…….

 

So today I tell you:  Get your eyes up.  Get your eyes up on the One…..who IS the ladder into heaven.  Get your eyes up away from your sin and all the things that you have done to wreck your life and maybe even the lives of others.  Get your eyes up away from all the things that are destroying us and begin to set your gaze on the King of the universe!

 

God has a plan….and He sent His Son who sold His life to buy us into righteousness and shed His blood to seal it.

 

Jesus died that we may have life and raise the standard of living……He gave us the power to be forgiven and redeemed and transformed.

 

So if you have been like Paul and playing for the WRONG TEAM, then maybe you need to have a meeting with the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.

 

And if you have had your eyes down….then maybe it is time that you get your eyes UP—-and look at the Son of Man.  Because He is the Ladder….and on Him angels travel in and out of the heavens…….and in Him—we can capture eternal life and begin walking in it today.

 

He has called us all to a higher purpose.  So let’s start acting like the children of the Living God…..because, in Jesus, that is EXACTLY WHO WE ARE!

 

In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J