Christ becomes our Faith as we Look unto Jesus and Let the Law of Life Operate in us

As we look unto Jesus and let the law of life operate in us, Christ becomes our faith and we simply believe, for Christ Himself believes in us, one with us.

Though we are believers in Christ, in our natural being we do not have faith, but faith rises up in us when we look away unto Jesus and allow the law of life to operate in us; Christ is the source of faith, and He originates faith and also perfects it in us by our looking unto Him and letting the law of life work in our being. Amen!

We believers in Christ are on a Christian course, running the heavenly race, so that we may finish our course and receive the prize.

We have been brought on this race by seeing Jesus, the wonderful Jesus enthroned in heaven, and by being captivated by His beauty.

And we run the race by looking unto Jesus from anything else other than Him.

The race we must run is the heavenly race, but there’s a chance we may run in vain or labour in vain.

The Bible shows us in Phil. 2:16 that we should not labour in vain or run in vain, for this means that we’re being put to shame.

To run in vain doesn’t mean that we don’t run every day; rather, we may go to meetings, do services, and do a lot of things for the Lord and in the church life, but there’s a chance we may run in vain.

Paul said that, according to his earnest expectation in hope, that in nothing he would be put to shame (Phil. 1:20) but in all things, even now, Christ would be magnified in his body, whether through life or through death.

Paul’s vision was that a Christian should be one with Christ, even be Christ.

How can we be Christ? We’re so full of the natural constitution, we have the flesh, and we have lusts, our disposition, and peculiarities.

How can we be Christ? It is true that we can’t be Christ, but God wants us to be Christ.

For us to live should be Christ; for us to do something, speak something, be something, should be Christ.

The Lord Jesus did not accomplish redemption only so that our sins may be forgiven and washed away, so that we may be justified and reconciled to God; even more, He wants us to be saved in His life (Rom. 5:10).

When we believed into the Lord Jesus, we were regenerated – we received another life, the divine life.

Now we need to go on with the Lord and be sanctified by God’s holy nature.

Then, we need to be renewed in our mind, and we need to have an inner, metabolic transformation so that we may be transformed into the same image as Christ from glory to glory (2 Cor. 3:18).

Even more, we need to be conformed to the image of the firstborn Son of God and eventually be glorified so that we are like Him in every possible way.

If we experience God’s organic salvation day by day, we are running on the proper course and our running or labour is not in vain.

May we keep running the Christian race with endurance until we reach the goal and receive the prize!

Look Away unto Jesus, the Perfecter of our Faith, to be Infused with Him as our Faith Today

On one hand, Jesus is the Author and Origin of our faith; on the other hand, He is also the Perfecter of faith, the Finisher and Completer of faith (Heb. 12:2).

Our faith begins with Him and ends with Him. Our faith begins with His calling; when He calls us and gains us, we begin to run the Christian race.

Throughout the running of the race, nothing is done by our natural ability.

Faith is not from ourselves, and the ability to run is not from our natural being.

He is the One running the race in us, and the way we run is also Himself.

John 14:6 says that Jesus is the way and the reality and the life.

When we look away unto Jesus, He originates faith in us, He maintains our faith, and He also perfects our faith, completing it and finishing it. Hallelujah!

What matters in our running the Christian race is not looking around to see the scenery around us; it is looking away unto Jesus, the One who originates faith in us and finishes our faith.

His life enables us to run.

When we look to Him attentively, with undivided attention, He will infuse us with Himself as our faith.

We see that this precious One loves us, and we will love Him back.

Whom having not seen, we love, and into whom – though not seeing Him at present, yet believing – we exult with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory (1 Pet. 1:8).

As we love the unseen One, it is effortless for us to run the Christian race. No problem is a problem to us, for we run joyfully, even gloriously, and our hands will not get weary.

Whenever we think about the reward, we regain our strength, for the reward is Christ Himself to be our full enjoyment in the coming kingdom age.

May our eyes be opened so that we do not regard the things that are seen nor consider our weaknesses or look at the negative things in others.

May we look away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.

As the Completer of faith, the Lord Jesus continually infuses Himself into us as the believing element and ability.

When we look at the Lord with undivided attention, setting our whole being on Him, He ministers heaven, life, and strength to us.

He transfuses and infuses us with all that He is, and we are able to run the heavenly race and live the heavenly life on earth (2 Cor. 3:18).

What we look at or who we look at affects us a lot.

The more we look at the earthly things, the more we become earthly and the more encumbrances and entanglements we have, and we will not run attentively.

May we have an unveiled face, that is, may we have a heart turned to the Lord, so that we may behold and reflect Him like a mirror so that we may be transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.

Our Christian life is from glory to glory.

Every day we behold the Lord and receive His transmission and infusing.

We receive Him as our life, our strength, and our incentive so that we may run the Christian race.

As we look away unto the Lord continually, He will finish and complete the faith that we need to run the heavenly race.

There’s no need to fear or worry; we simply look into His face, and we will lack nothing.

When we look away unto Jesus, He becomes our way, our strength, and our life. He will also be the goal of our race.

In this race, our natural being, our flesh, our background, and our capacity are all useless; only what is of Christ infused into us matters, for He in us is the faith motivating us to run the race to the end.

We need to open ourselves to the Lord, as the apostle Paul did, and not walk leisurely but run the race to gain the price!

May the Lord make us those who look to the reward that He will give us when He returns, reigning with Him in the kingdom and enjoying the wedding feast for one thousand years with Him, and may we look away unto Jesus from all things so that we may run the race with endurance.

May the Lord show us that the future reward in the kingdom is waiting for us, and may we continue running the race.

Paul began to run the race, continued to run the race, and finished the race, being assured that he gained the prize.

May we also today not look at anything and anyone else, not looking at our weaknesses and the sin that entangles us so easily, but put off all things and look away unto Jesus to be infused with Him as faith and run the Christian race with endurance.

When we look unto Jesus, Christ becomes our faith!

May the Lord strengthen us to continually run until we reach the end to gain the prize.

Lord Jesus, we want to continually run the race by looking away unto Jesus! You are the Author of our faith, for You originate faith and You even become our faith. Amen, Lord, we look away unto Jesus to be infused with faith and have faith to run the Christian race. Infuse us more with Yourself today. We look away from anything else unto You. We believe that You are able to take us all the way through and even complete our faith. We take You as our life, our way, and our goal. We take You as our strength and endurance to run the race. Oh Lord Jesus, though we do not see You at present, we believe into You and we exult with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory! We want to behold You with an unveiled face so that we may reflect You. Transform us into Your image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit! Perfect faith in us. Complete faith in us. Take us on in the Christian race all the way to the end so that we may finish our course and receive the reward! Amen, Lord Jesus, we love You!

When we Look unto Jesus and let the Law of Life Operate in us, Christ becomes our Faith and He Believes within us, making us a Believing Being

To the unbelievers, faith is a mysterious matter; many think that Christians “throw their brain in the trash can” when they believe in Jesus, for it doesn’t seem to be reasonable or logical to do so.

The only difference between an unbeliever and a believer in Christ is that the believer was shown mercy by God to have His appearing, and when God appeared to this one, he simply believed.

Faith is not in us by nature; we are not born of our parents with faith in us.

We do have a spirit, and our spirit wants to contact God, but unless we see the Lord Jesus, who is God, appearing to us, we do not have faith.

This is true not only for unbelievers but even for believers in Christ. As believers in Christ, so many times it seems that we do not have faith.

Some seem to have faith and go on with the Lord, but so many Christians seem to be like the people in the world, even losing their faith.

Why some have faith while others don’t? What is the secret to having faith? Heb. 12:2 is one of the secrets: looking away unto Jesus.

We may not have faith, but when we turn to the Lord, call on His name, and focus on Him, He infuses us with Himself, and this becomes our faith.

When we come to the Lord in His word to read and pray His word, faith is infused into us, and we are charged with God.

We all can testify that, when we read the Bible and converse with the Lord in prayer and prayerful consideration, the Lord charges us with Himself, and we have the gift of faith.

For us to have faith, we must look away unto Jesus, the source of faith. He radiates Himself into us and charges us with Himself.

As a result, we spontaneously have faith. Faith doesn’t originate with us; it originates with Him.

In a sense, faith is Christ Himself coming into us to become the One believing in us in a subjective way.

The Lord’s words are spirit and life (John 6:63), and when we behold Him in His word, we are infused with Him until He, the very person, becomes the believing element in our being.

It’s not us who believe; it is He whom believes in us. Wow!

So in a sense, we cannot but believe; how can we not believe when He in us, one with us, believes?

Christ originates faith in us, He is our faith, He believes in us, and He believes, so we believe; this is genuine faith. Amazing!

Once He originates this faith within us, He will never let it go; He will perfect it, finish it, and perfect it.

We simply need to keep turning to Him and looking away unto Jesus so that Christ may believe in us and for us!

We will then live by faith – by His faith, even by Him as our faith (Gal. 2:20).

Another practical way we are infused with faith is by allowing the law of life to operate in us (Rom. 8:2).

When we allow the law of life to work in our being, we simply believe.

The Lord may speak to us concerning a particular matter, or He may touch us about our attitude toward a certain person; if we say Amen to His inner speaking, we are filled with faith.

If we say Amen to the Lord’s inner speaking, His moving, and His operating, He will have a way to spread in our mind, emotion, and will, and this working will produce great faith in us.

The more we allow the law of life to operate in us, the more we are able to believe.

The law of life works within us to bring about the expression and testimony of God; the first issue is our believing.

The believing element of Christ is charged into our being through the law of life.

If we give the law of life the opportunity to work continuously in our mind, emotion, and will, its working will produce great faith in us.

May we be those who have such faith to believe God to the uttermost without any strain or strife.

The law of life in Heb. 8:10 issues in the believing ability presented in Heb. 11:1 and the rest of the chapter. We can testify that, when we say Amen to the Lord’s inner operation and moving, we are filled with faith, and our faith in the Lord is strengthened.

When the law of life operates within us to make us the very reflection, expression, and testimony of God, we find it easy to believe.

Our believing is not deliberate – it is spontaneous; actually, we are unable to disbelieve, for the believing ability has been wrought into us.

As long as we look away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, and allow the law of life to operate in us, giving Him the freedom to move, touch, and infuse us with Himself, we will be filled with faith.

Our believing will be spontaneous, and our inner being will be saturated with Him as faith.

The more we are inwardly saturated with Christ, the more we find it easy to believe.

May we all experience faith in a subjective way by looking away unto Jesus and allowing the law of life to operate in us.

Lord Jesus, we say Amen to Your inner working, operating, and moving in our being. We want to allow the law of life to operate in us to impart God with all that He is into our being. Amen, Lord Jesus, work Yourself into us a little more today. Impart Your laws into our mind and inscribe them onto our heart so that we may be filled with Christ as our faith! We want to experience faith in a subjective way day by day by looking away unto Jesus and by allowing the law of life to operate in us. Work in us, Lord, and operate in our being to bring about the expression and testimony of God. May the law of life operate in us today so that we may be infused with Christ as our faith. Amen, Lord, become our faith by infusing Yourself into us to be our believing ability! We want to live by this faith, by Christ as our faith! You are our faith. You are our life. We take You as our everything. We live by the faith of the Son of God. Perfect our faith. Bring us all the way to the completion of the faith so that we may run the race with endurance and receive the prize!

References and Hymns on this Topic

• Inspiration for this article/sharing comes from the Word of God, the enjoyment in the ministry, a sharing by the brothers in the message for this week, and portions from, Life-study of Hebrews, pp. 541-543, by Witness Lee, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, Fighting the Good Fight, Finishing the Course, Keeping the Faith, and Loving the Lord’s Appearing in Order to Receive the Reward of Christ as the Crown of Righteousness (2024 ICSC), week 2, Finishing the Course.
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