Spurgeon: June AM
* 06/28/AM
"Looking unto Jesus."
--Hebrews 12:2
It is ever the Holy Spirit's work to turn our eyes away from
self to Jesus; but Satan's work is just the opposite of this,
for he is constantly trying to make us regard ourselves instead
of Christ. He insinuates, "Your sins are too great for pardon;
you have no faith; you do not repent enough; you will never be
able to continue to the end; you have not the joy of His
children; you have such a wavering hold of Jesus." All these are
thoughts about self, and we shall never find comfort or
assurance by looking within. But the Holy Spirit turns our eyes
entirely away from self: He tells us that we are nothing, but
that "Christ is all in all." Remember, therefore, it is not thy
hold of Christ that saves thee--it is Christ; it is not thy
joy in Christ that saves thee--it is Christ; it is not even
faith in Christ, though that be the instrument--it is Christ's
blood and merits; therefore, look not so much to thy hand with
which thou art grasping Christ, as to Christ; look not to thy
hope, but to Jesus, the source of thy hope; look not to thy
faith, but to Jesus, the author and finisher of thy faith. We
shall never find happiness by looking at our prayers, our
doings, or our feelings; it is what Jesus is, not what we are,
that gives rest to the soul. If we would at once overcome Satan
and have peace with God, it must be by "looking unto Jesus."
Keep thine eye simply on Him; let His death, His sufferings, His
merits, His glories, His intercession, be fresh upon thy mind;
when thou wakest in the morning look to Him; when thou liest
down at night look to Him. Oh! let not thy hopes or fears come
between thee and Jesus; follow hard after Him, and He will never
fail thee.
"My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesu's blood and righteousness: I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesu's name."