Eyes on Him

I just love the stories in the Old Testament of the Bible..they are so rich in application for our lives today.

Yesterday I was reading in the book of 2 Chronicles (following the Gideons Daily Bible Reading Calendar) and I learned about King Jehoshaphat, the King of Judah, and the time when a great multitude of men came to make war against him.  2 Chronicles 20:12 says, "O our God, will You not judge them?  For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You."

I just love the abandonment and surrender to the Lord that is shown here!  So many times in our lives we find ourselves at those crossroads where we don't know what to do.  Something is mounting against us and we are afraid and don't know how to handle it.  God has the answers to all of our struggles and difficulties we are facing in our lives.  Actually, He IS the answer.  He just wants us to surrender our burdens to Him.  To lay them at His feet and let Him take it from there. 

What does it mean to put our "eyes on Him" or to "gaze at Him"?  To me that means to focus on God and not on our circumstances.  It means to pray to Him..read His Word..to spend time thanking Him and praising Him.  He wants to hear from you.  You are so precious to Him.  Look up!