2 Peter 1:9: One Eye on Heaven

2 Peter 1:9 | One Eye on Heaven. Coach C reads today’s Family Wins Devotional. Episode 76.

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Today’s Family Wins devotional reflects on 2 Peter 1:9 — “But whoever does not have these qualities is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.”

Try to focus on two different objects at the same time, and you’ll see neither clearly. It’s like having one eye nearsighted and the other farsighted. The result? Frustration and double vision. James gave the same diagnosis for the double-minded person who is “unstable in all they do” (James 1:8). The only cure is single-minded focus: picking one path and sticking to it. Dwight L. Moody explains the pitfalls of trying to follow both forks in the road. The church is full of people who want one eye for the world and the other for the kingdom of God. Therefore, everything is blurred. One eye is long and the other is short. All is confusion. Abraham was long-sighted. He had glimpses of the celestial city. Stephen was long-sighted. He looked clear into heaven (Acts 7:55). The world had no temptation for him. He had put the world under his feet. Paul also had long-sighted vision. He had been caught up and had seen things grand and glorious (2 Corinthians 12:2-4). When the Spirit of God is on us, the world looks very empty. The world has a very small hold on us, and we begin to let go our hold of it and lay hold of things eternal. This is the church’s need today. Abraham, Stephen, Paul, and others saw better things ahead than the things of this world. The Spirit of God controlled the focus of their lives. How’s your spiritual vision? Are you, like Abraham, looking forward to “the city … whose architect and builder is God” (Hebrews 11:10)? That’s the only path worth focusing on and following eternally.

After you listen, go back and read 2 Peter 1:1-11 for yourself — open your devotional to page 836, pull up the app, or grab your free copy at mindwolves.com/tfw. Let God speak to you directly, in your own time, in your own home.

A godly husband isn’t made in a day. Neither is a godly wife, a godly father, or a godly mother. They’re made in moments like this one — one verse, one choice, one day at a time.

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