Recently the Lord has really been showing me how selfish I am. It's crazy, really. But praise the Lord that I have Christ, in whom i'm fully known. The piece below is was written by Charles Spurgeon and was a great encouragement to me this morning.
"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 Jesus' blood and righteousness:
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name."
Hopefully i'll give yall a real blog soon. We haven't been able to spend much time on the internet as of late. Soon :)
"For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known."
1 Cor. 13:12
Love you guys!
