Remember Christian, it is not your 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 is the instrument) — it is Christ’s blood and merits; therefore, look not to thy hope, but to Christ, the source of they hope; look not to thy faith, but to Christ, the author and finisher of thy faith. And if thou doest that, ten thousand devils cannot throw thee down.
There is one thing which all of us too much becloud in our preaching, though I believe we do it very unintentionally; namely, the great truth that it is not prayer, it is not faith, it is not our doings, it is not our feelings upon which we must rest, but upon Christ and on Christ alone!
We are apt to think that we are not in a right state, that our business is not with self, but Christ. Let me beseech thee, look only to Christ; never expect deliverance from self, from ministers, nor from any means of any kind apart from Christ; keep thine eye simply on Him; let His death, His merits, His glories, His intercession be fresh upon thy mind.
When thou wakest in the morning, look for Him; when thou lies down at night, look for Him.
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Exellent point. It is so easy to try to have more faith instead of simply looking to God, our sufficiency.
If we use the same principle we use when we drive our vehicles we’d be fine–keep your eyes where you want to go! Not on your steering wheel, it doesn’t know where to go; not on the rear view mirror, you can’t move forward that way. But keep your eyes on the road–it takes you where you are going. As Paul said, this is our calling, and our intimate knowledge of Christ is our greatest joy in life!