Oh, Look! (Psa. 121)

Read Psalm 121.

1.  You must look to the Lord.  How easily you can look to someone else or something else!  It might be a person, experience or obstacle you're distracted by.  Others might inspire, but only the Lord can deliver.  To whom or what are you looking?

2.  The Lord looks at you.  He can't fulfill the promises in this psalm without surveying everything.  He not only sees your circumstance, but He sees you.  When He sees you, will He see you looking to Him?

cf. Psa. 123:1.

Don't Look Back (Lu. 9:62)

Read Luke 9:62.

Read the following verses as supplementary material to today's thought:  Phil. 3:13; 1 Kin. 19:20; Psa. 78:8-9; 2 Tim. 4:10; Heb. 10:38; 2 Pet. 2:20-22.

Concentration and determination are needed to follow Jesus.  Don't make a good start and then fizzle out.  Stay with Him!  Focus and direction are important.  Expect the world (behind you) to continue its distraction, calling and tempting you.  Today's verse calls for a relentless, all-out pursuit of Jesus. The world has nothing for you.  Look to Jesus (Heb 12:2a); don't look back (Lu. 17:32).

1. You cannot look two directions at once.  Beware cross-eyed Christianity!
2. Direction determines destination.
3. Focus determines value, commitment and seriousness.
4. Following Jesus is not for the faint or lazy.  There is plowing to be done!  Get to it and stay with it.