[T]he Holy Spirit
turns our eyes entirely away from self: He tells us that we are nothing, but
that "Christ is all in all." 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....
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."
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.
-Spurgeon
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