Fixed

 Beginning Wednesday, February 18th

The writer of Hebrews calls the faithful to…

“fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.”  ~Hebrews 12:2

In Luke’s gospel, we get a glimpse of what we might see, if we do just that.

At the heart of his version of the Jesus story, Luke tells us that Jesus himself “fixed His face toward Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51). There came a defining moment in his journey when he made a decision of holy resolve. He knew what awaited him: betrayal, abandonment, suffering, and the cross. Yet, he fixed his face toward Jerusalem, because what awaited him there was the very reason he had come.

In fact, from that point forward, Luke dedicates a curious majority of the rest of his Gospel to the details of this one final journey. Scholars refer to this section as the “Lukan Travel Narrative,” which includes more than 400 verses of significant moments along the road to Jerusalem when the disciples are confronted by the real-life challenges to their own calling.

Through conflict, rejection, and perseverance, they are gradually transformed into deeper disciples of Jesus as they fix their eyes upon the One who had fixed his face upon their salvation.

In Fixed, we will learn to follow Jesus along that same road–the road of deeper discipleship through risk, trust, and surrender. Along the way, we will learn that Jesus doesn’t just call us to believe, but to follow–with a heart that is focused and a faith that is fixed on Him.