It Is What Jesus Is, Not What We Are, That Gives Rest to the Soul
"Remember, therefore, it is not thy hold of Christ that saves thee—it is Christ.
It is not thy joy in Christ that saves thee—it is Christ.
It is not even faith in Christ, though that be the instrument—it is Christ’s blood and merits.
Therefore, look not so much to thy hand with which thou art grasping Christ, as to Christ.
Look not to thy hope, but to Jesus, the source of thy hope.
Look not to thy faith, but to Jesus, the author and finisher of thy faith.
We shall never find happiness by looking at our prayers, our doings, or our feelings.
It is what Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to the soul.
If we would at once overcome Satan and have peace with God, it must be by ‘looking unto Jesus,' (Hebrews 12:2).
Keep thine eye simply on Him.
Let His death, His sufferings, His merits, His glories, His intercession, be fresh upon thy mind.
When thou wakest in the morning look to Him.
When thou liest down at night look to Him."
–Charles Spurgeon, “June 28 – Morning” in Morning and Evening (Geanies House, Fearn, Scotland, UK: Christian Focus, 1994), 378.
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