What holds your gaze?

Concerning persecution Jesus says:
"Blessed are you when others revile and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:11-12

Rejoice...why? Because your reward is great in heaven! Is this how you think?

Martyn Lloyd-Jones says in relation to this passage:

"According to this outlook [that of Jesus], my whole outlook upon everything that happens to me should be governed by these three things: my realization of who I am, my consciousness of where I am going, and my knowledge of what awaits me when I get there. You will find this argument in many places in the Scriptures. The apostle Paul once put it like this, 'For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.' (2 Corinthians 4:17 -18) The Christian should always be looking at that."

Are you looking at that or is there something more captivating for your attention?