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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