Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else (Isa. 45:22).
Charles Spurgeon calls this a promise of promises. He says that it lies at the very foundation of our spiritual life. Salvation comes through a look, the look of faith, unto Him who is "a just God and a Saviour" (Isa. 45:21).
A heavy snowstorm forced young Spurgeon to seek refuge in a little Methodist chapel on an obscure street. He wanted salvation, but did not know how to find it. There was no minister present that day, but a layman came into the pulpit, opened his Bible, and read these words: "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth." Fixing his eyes on Spurgeon as though he knew him personally, he said, "Young man, you are in trouble, and you will never get out of it unless you look to Christ." Then he lifted up his hands and cried, "Look, look, look! It is only a look."
That young man later became one of the world's greatest preachers, and he said, "I saw at once the way of salvation--I looked. I had been waiting to do 50 things, but when I heard that word 'Look,' I saw at once the way of salvation."
When Moses lifted up the brazen serpent in the wilderness, those who looked were healed (Num. 21:8, 9). "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever beleiveth in him should not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:14, 15).
In a look there's life for thee,
In a look at Calvary;
Blessed thought, salvation free,
By a look at Calvary.
__F. E. Belden
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens" (Ps. 123:1).
Charles Spurgeon calls this a promise of promises. He says that it lies at the very foundation of our spiritual life. Salvation comes through a look, the look of faith, unto Him who is "a just God and a Saviour" (Isa. 45:21).
A heavy snowstorm forced young Spurgeon to seek refuge in a little Methodist chapel on an obscure street. He wanted salvation, but did not know how to find it. There was no minister present that day, but a layman came into the pulpit, opened his Bible, and read these words: "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth." Fixing his eyes on Spurgeon as though he knew him personally, he said, "Young man, you are in trouble, and you will never get out of it unless you look to Christ." Then he lifted up his hands and cried, "Look, look, look! It is only a look."
That young man later became one of the world's greatest preachers, and he said, "I saw at once the way of salvation--I looked. I had been waiting to do 50 things, but when I heard that word 'Look,' I saw at once the way of salvation."
When Moses lifted up the brazen serpent in the wilderness, those who looked were healed (Num. 21:8, 9). "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever beleiveth in him should not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:14, 15).
In a look there's life for thee,
In a look at Calvary;
Blessed thought, salvation free,
By a look at Calvary.
__F. E. Belden
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens" (Ps. 123:1).
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