Do we expect God to come to us with His blessings and save us? He says, “Look to Me, and be saved….” The greatest difficulty spiritually is to concentrate on God, and His blessings are what make it so difficult. Troubles almost always make us look to God, but His blessings tend to divert our attention elsewhere. The basic lesson of the Sermon on the Mount is to narrow all your interests until your mind, heart, and body are focused on Jesus Christ. “Look to Me….”
Many of us have a mental picture of what a Christian should be, and looking at this image in other Christians’ lives becomes a hindrance to our focusing on God. This is not salvation— it is not simple enough. He says, in effect, “Look to Me and you are saved,” not “You will be saved someday.” We will find what we are looking for if we will concentrate on Him. We get distracted from God and irritable with Him while He continues to say to us, “Look to Me, and be saved….” Our difficulties, our trials, and our worries about tomorrow all vanish when we look to God.
Wake yourself up and look to God. Build your hope on Him. No matter how many things seem to be pressing in on you, be determined to push them aside and look to Him. “Look to Me….” Salvation is yours the moment you look.
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Journal DJR
I get it Lord, that when I look to you, I am saved. The language we’ve been using is “get connected” with you. My question today is how can I maintain that connection more continually. I find myself getting disconnected and wandering off … even though I’ve determined not to allow that to happen. Do you have any suggestions?
I would ask, Do you love me? Do you believe?
And I would insist like Peter, You know I love you (and probably follow up like Peter did) and answer like the man, Lord, I believe, Help my unbelief.
You have answered well. What you are up against is that it is not in man to will to love me or believe me. Your will power to follow regimens that look like love will fail. They always have. Get more simple than that. Just look to me. Dont try to be righteous. Dont try to be holy. That will only get you into the camp of the Pharisees. Only look to me. It’s a different practice than trying to please me or measure up. Just look. See what you see and act out of that.
OK, I’ll try that. I know it sounds wimpy to just say I’ll “try”
It’s OK. I’ll take it.
OK I believe you, Help my unbelief. I love you, Help my un-love.
