06.19. Looking unto Jesus
Looking unto Jesus
"We see Jesus . . . crowned with glory and honour"
Hebrews 2:9 But though the world can see no more
Him it cast out with scorn,
The eye of fresh-born faith can soar
Above — where He is gone.
Nineteenth Week Are we . . . looking steadfastly into heaven? Alas! what inconstant hearts we have; how fickle and changing! The Holy Ghost ever leads the eye to, and would keep it fixed on, Jesus. . . . To reveal and glorify Him is the habitual aim of the Spirit.
(Hebrews 12:1-2.) The way in which the apostle engages them to disentangle themselves from every hindrance, whether sin or difficulty, is remarkable; as though they had nothing to do but cast them off as useless weights. And, in fact, when we look at Jesus nothing is easier; when we are not looking at Him, nothing more impossible.
What I would press upon you is to study Christ, so that we may be like Him here. There is nothing that so fills the soul with blessing and encouragement, or that so sanctifies: nothing which so gives the living sense of divine love, that gives courage. The Lord give us while resting in His precious blood to go and contemplate Him, feed upon Him and live by Him. . . . See Him the lowly blessed patient One at God’s right hand now, the One that God has given to keep our hearts right in the world of folly and pride. When we are occupied with Jesus the littleness of all that one is, or of all that one has done, remains in the shade, and Jesus Himself alone stands out in relief.