The Power of Beholding

The Power of Beholding

Beholding Jesus requires us to fix our eyes on Him and nothing else. By simply beholding Him, we can receive the blessings that He has already purchased for us by His stripes and the Cross.

However, in practicality, many try to behold Jesus and also try to behold something else as a backup. It doesn't work that way. Faith has no backup plan. Otherwise, it becomes doubt and you'll receive nothing from the Lord (James 1:6-8). He has already given, but the problem lies with us receiving.

In Matt 14:30, Peter was walking on water supernaturally as he was beholding Jesus until he 𝐬𝐚𝐰 the wind and began sinking. The word 'saw' in Greek is primarily used for 'seeing something physical'. What is physical and tangible will always try to distract you from beholding the spiritual (Christ).

Having ministered healing to thousands of people, I realised that many believers focus on the physical (symptoms) more than the spiritual (Christ). Instead of remaining steadfast on the One who is always unwavering, steadfast and faithful, we move and react according to the symptoms in the body.

Disclaimer: I'm not saying that it is easy. But it takes patient endurance to keep going after it.

John 1:29 says, "𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, the Lamb of God."

The word 'behold' in Greek means 'look upon, perceive, attend to', which is similar to the Hebrew word in Numbers 21:9 when God told Moses to put a bronze serpent on the pole, and had the people 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 at it.

The word 'looked' in Hebrew means 'to look, behold, pay attention to.' In other words, '𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐞, and you shall live.'

The Israelites could not look away from the bronze serpent, or they would die. They could not say, "Let me have one eye looking at the serpent, and the other eye looking at other options." God had already given the instruction. They could choose to follow wholeheartedly and live, or half-heartedly and die.

The Old Covenant is a foreshadow of the true substance --- Christ Himself. We are called to behold Jesus (Jn 1:29).

Hebrews 12:2 says "Looking unto Jesus..."

The word 'looking' in Greek means '𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞, to fix one's gaze upon'.

If we want to receive the promise of healing already fulfilled by His stripes, then we need to 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, and behold Him and Him alone.

You can either behold Jesus or behold your physical symptoms. Only one of them is truth. Only one of them can be your true evidence (Heb 11:1; Rom 10:17; Matt 4:4; 2 Cor 5:7; Isaiah 53:4-5).

There is power in beholding, provided you behold Him in full power.