+DEV+ Look Upon Me, Please

Date: February 7, 2013 11:50 PM
Topic: +DEV+  Look Upon Me, Please

Look Upon Me, Please

 "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."  (2 Corinthians 5:21)
Scripture Focus: Matthew 6:5-6, 16-18

We are all repeat offenders: irresistibly drawn to worship ourselves and to gather a crowd of admirers around us. Our speech is devoted to subtle attempts to demonstrate our own excellence, demeaning others or reciting our triumphs and victories. We can hardly bear to receive praise and acclaim without passing it on so that everyone else can enjoy us.

God loves us far too much to allow us to live in clouds of self-adoration. In kindness, He ordains that we fall flat on our faces, until we are weaned from self-hope and love and turn our eyes to our beautiful Redeemer. Christ isn't glorious to us when our own glory blinds us and consumes every thought. Christ becomes overwhelmingly gorgeous to us when we see our vile sin compared with His humble obedience and outrageous self-sacrifice.

When you sin today, thank God for this reminder to take your eyes off yourself and look to Christ. See Him in all His sinless perfection, and marvel again that He should love you and die for you.

Insight: "You need nothing to make you happy, but to have the eyes of your understanding fixed upon the Redeemer...O he is a suitable Savior!"  (John Newton)




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