Beholding Christ
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. Psalm 34:5
In the secret place of prayer, where no eye but God's can see, no ear but His can hear, we may pour out our most hidden desires and longings to the Father of infinite pity, and in the hush and silence of the soul that voice which never fails to answer the cry of human need will speak to our hearts.
"The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy" (James 5:11). He waits with unwearied love to hear the confessions of the wayward and to accept their penitence. He watches for some return of gratitude from us, as the mother watches for the smile of recognition from her beloved child. He would have us understand how earnestly and tenderly His heart yearns over us. He invites us to take our trials to His sympathy, our sorrows to His love, our wounds to His healing, or weakness to His strength, our emptiness to His fullness. Never has one been disappointed who came to Him. "They looked unto Him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed" (Psalm 34:5). (Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, 84)
Reflection: As we make Christ our daily companion we shall feel that the powers of an unseen world are all around us; and by looking unto Jesus we shall become assimilated to His image. By beholding we become changed. The character is softened, refined, and ennobled for the heavenly kingdom. (Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, 85)
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. Psalm 34:5
In the secret place of prayer, where no eye but God's can see, no ear but His can hear, we may pour out our most hidden desires and longings to the Father of infinite pity, and in the hush and silence of the soul that voice which never fails to answer the cry of human need will speak to our hearts.
"The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy" (James 5:11). He waits with unwearied love to hear the confessions of the wayward and to accept their penitence. He watches for some return of gratitude from us, as the mother watches for the smile of recognition from her beloved child. He would have us understand how earnestly and tenderly His heart yearns over us. He invites us to take our trials to His sympathy, our sorrows to His love, our wounds to His healing, or weakness to His strength, our emptiness to His fullness. Never has one been disappointed who came to Him. "They looked unto Him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed" (Psalm 34:5). (Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, 84)
Reflection: As we make Christ our daily companion we shall feel that the powers of an unseen world are all around us; and by looking unto Jesus we shall become assimilated to His image. By beholding we become changed. The character is softened, refined, and ennobled for the heavenly kingdom. (Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, 85)
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