The Power of Right Believing: 7 Keys to Freedom from Fear, Guilt, and Addiction by Joseph Prince
Authors: Joseph Prince
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Learn to see what God sees by fixing your eyes on Jesus.
You need to understand that what you see or how others see you is not as important as how
God
sees you. Many people think that God sees them in their sins and is just waiting to pounce on them to punish them. This wrong belief produces wrong living. If you see God this way, you can’t help but be in constant fear, insecurity, and anxiety over your past sins. Today, make a decision to turn your eyes to Jesus, for He has already made you righteous with His blood!
What you see or how others see you is not as important as how God sees you.
In fact, the more you behold Jesus, the more you are transformed from glory to glory. The Bible tells us that “we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Cor. 3:18). Fixing your eyes on Jesus is the greatest holiness. Many think they have to
do more
in order to be more holy, accepted, and loved by God. The truth is, when you behold Jesus more and see His love, His forgiveness, His abundant grace, and His gift of righteousness purchased for you with His own blood, you will be transformed supernaturally.
Holiness is a by-product of seeing Jesus in His grace. When you see Jesus and receive His love and grace every day, your heart is transformed inwardly. This is not outward behavior modification.This is real change that is sustained by a heart touched by His grace and by an emancipated conscience that is forever freed from guilt. This is when that addiction begins to drop from your life. This is when that fear begins to dissolve in His perfect love, and that condemnation arising from your past mistakes is cleansed by His precious blood. What a life! This is the life that God wants you to experience. Can you see it? Can you see what He sees?
Holiness is a by-product of seeing Jesus in His grace.
You Are Precious in His Eyes
I want to show you another aspect of how God sees you today through a beautiful truth hidden in the breastplate of the high priest of Israel. The Bible gives us very detailed information about what the high priest wore in the days of ancient Israel and there are no insignificant details in the Bible. Today, Jesus is our High Priest, and when we examine the breastplate, we will see something powerful about the way the Lord sees His people.
Notice in the following illustration that there are twelve stones on the high priest’s breastplate. The names of the twelve tribes of Israel are engraved on each of the stones. For example, “Judah” is engraved on the sardius stone set in the first row, and “Gad” is engraved on the diamond set in the second row.
The high priest of Israel: The names of the twelve tribes of Israel are engraved on twelve precious stones found on his breastplate.
These twelve stones represent God’s people today. Notice how God depicts His people, you and me, as precious stones. He didn’t use common rocks and pebbles that are in abundance in Israel. He deliberately chose very costly, rare, and precious gems such as sapphire, topaz, emerald, amethyst, diamond, onyx, and jasper to represent you and me (see Exod. 39:9–14). Also, of all the garmentsdonned by the high priest, the breastplate is closest to the heart. This speaks of how much the Lord values you and His desire to keep you close to His heart. In His eyes, you are very costly, precious, and loved. If you have ever been told that God sees you as a dirty, rotten sinner, then know that it’s a lie from the pit of hell!
I would also like to draw your attention to the fact that the names of the tribes of Israel were not merely written on the gems. The Bible tells us that they were
engraved
(see Exod. 39:14). This means that once you become a believer in Jesus, your name is forever engraved in His Book of Life. If your name were only written, you might think that it could easily be erased or
You need to understand that what you see or how others see you is not as important as how
God
sees you. Many people think that God sees them in their sins and is just waiting to pounce on them to punish them. This wrong belief produces wrong living. If you see God this way, you can’t help but be in constant fear, insecurity, and anxiety over your past sins. Today, make a decision to turn your eyes to Jesus, for He has already made you righteous with His blood!
What you see or how others see you is not as important as how God sees you.
In fact, the more you behold Jesus, the more you are transformed from glory to glory. The Bible tells us that “we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Cor. 3:18). Fixing your eyes on Jesus is the greatest holiness. Many think they have to
do more
in order to be more holy, accepted, and loved by God. The truth is, when you behold Jesus more and see His love, His forgiveness, His abundant grace, and His gift of righteousness purchased for you with His own blood, you will be transformed supernaturally.
Holiness is a by-product of seeing Jesus in His grace. When you see Jesus and receive His love and grace every day, your heart is transformed inwardly. This is not outward behavior modification.This is real change that is sustained by a heart touched by His grace and by an emancipated conscience that is forever freed from guilt. This is when that addiction begins to drop from your life. This is when that fear begins to dissolve in His perfect love, and that condemnation arising from your past mistakes is cleansed by His precious blood. What a life! This is the life that God wants you to experience. Can you see it? Can you see what He sees?
Holiness is a by-product of seeing Jesus in His grace.
You Are Precious in His Eyes
I want to show you another aspect of how God sees you today through a beautiful truth hidden in the breastplate of the high priest of Israel. The Bible gives us very detailed information about what the high priest wore in the days of ancient Israel and there are no insignificant details in the Bible. Today, Jesus is our High Priest, and when we examine the breastplate, we will see something powerful about the way the Lord sees His people.
Notice in the following illustration that there are twelve stones on the high priest’s breastplate. The names of the twelve tribes of Israel are engraved on each of the stones. For example, “Judah” is engraved on the sardius stone set in the first row, and “Gad” is engraved on the diamond set in the second row.
The high priest of Israel: The names of the twelve tribes of Israel are engraved on twelve precious stones found on his breastplate.
These twelve stones represent God’s people today. Notice how God depicts His people, you and me, as precious stones. He didn’t use common rocks and pebbles that are in abundance in Israel. He deliberately chose very costly, rare, and precious gems such as sapphire, topaz, emerald, amethyst, diamond, onyx, and jasper to represent you and me (see Exod. 39:9–14). Also, of all the garmentsdonned by the high priest, the breastplate is closest to the heart. This speaks of how much the Lord values you and His desire to keep you close to His heart. In His eyes, you are very costly, precious, and loved. If you have ever been told that God sees you as a dirty, rotten sinner, then know that it’s a lie from the pit of hell!
I would also like to draw your attention to the fact that the names of the tribes of Israel were not merely written on the gems. The Bible tells us that they were
engraved
(see Exod. 39:14). This means that once you become a believer in Jesus, your name is forever engraved in His Book of Life. If your name were only written, you might think that it could easily be erased or
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