Looking unto Jesus only!

“Looking steadfastly on Jesus the Leader and Completer of faith” (Heb 12:2).

Looking unto Jesus, and at nothing else; not at ourselves, not at the world, not at Satan, not at our creeds, not at our position, not at our education, not at the brethren, not at our obstacles, not at our troubles, not at our loved ones, not at our earthly pleasures or possessions, not at our causes, not at our interests, not at our sincerity, not at our strength.

Looking unto Jesus, and not at our sins, not at the pretense of our righteousness, not at the law, not at our deeds before men, not at our success, not at our spiritual gifts, not at our sorrow and humiliation for our sin, not at the joy of our position, not at the strength of our assurance. Looking unto Jesus, and not at the warmth of our love, not at the heights of our holiness, not at our defeats, not at our victories, not at our doubts, not at our fears, not even at our faith.

The enemy would have us look at any and all of these things rather than Jesus. And the last device of the adversary, when he cannot make us look at anything else, is to turn our eyes from the Savior to our own faith, and thus discourage us if it is weak, and fill us with pride if it is strong. Either way he weakens us, for power does not come from faith but from the Savior by faith. It is from Him and in Him only that we learn how to look upon these other things. All that is desirable for us to know, the Lord Jesus will teach us; all that we do not learn from Him, it is better for us not to know.

Looking unto Jesus, as we remain on the earth—unto Jesus moment to moment, without allowing ourselves to be distracted by memories of a past which we should leave behind us, nor by occupation with a future of which we know nothing. Looking unto Jesus now, if we have never looked unto Him—unto Jesus afresh, if we have ceased doing so—unto Jesus only.
 

T.M.