Oh, we must look up! I remember a time when I was in a camp meeting and someone spoke some things to me that so crushed and discouraged and confused my spirit. It is too bad that things like this happen, but they do and that day it came my lot to feel the abuse of such unwise and discouraging words. I was so distraught and bruised in soul that I got in my car and headed out into the country. Oh, how sad and broken I was. I found an isolated place and went to prayer. I wept and prayed and poured out my heart to the Lord. I heard that voice of Jesus thunder into my soul: "...I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life!" John 8:12. I looked up! Oh, how the healing of heaven swept over my soul! I thought, "I have no need to be discouraged or confused. JESUS is the light of the world! He still is at the right hand of God pleading for me!" Oh, how I got the victory that day! I went back to the meeting with courage and confidence in my soul.

Jesus ascended up on high, and led captivity captive. He ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. (Ephesians 4:8-9.) He conquered sin, death, hell and the grave! And He ascended to the right hand of God to reign for us. He can give us victory and success in our lives. But we must look up with a steadfast faith and hope. It is quite difficult for us to take our eyes off of the things that are seen and so flashingly visible around us and look instead to the realm of the unseen.
But we must do it!!
If we don't look up, we'll go down. The sinner must get his eyes off of the vain things of this world and his own helplessness and unworthiness and look upward to Jesus, the mighty to save. The child of God must keep his eyes upward to Jesus and not be moved by anything down here. We must not allow the influence of people to turn us from the heavenly vision!

Let us look up! It is a most distressing, confusing, and gloomy world we live in. The saints of God are going through peculiar and dismaying trials of faith. The Church is passing through difficult times. God is calling many of His children out of this world. But let us keep looking up. As dear Brother George Stephenson said many years ago, "The Lord Jesus is leading us on to certain victory!" Yes, He is! But we must turn our eyes up into the heavens where Christ sits at the right hand of God. He will guide us through these troublesome times and bring us to His eternal glory. Praise the Lord for the UPWARD LOOK!! [ The End ]