Basic HTML Version
Keep Looking Up!, August 30
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for
the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the
shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2
.
Several years ago, while journeying from Christiania, Norway, to
Goteborg, Sweden, I was favored with the sight of the most glorious
sunset it was ever my privilege to behold. Language is inadequate to
picture its beauty. The last beams of the setting sun, silver and gold,
purple, amber, and crimson, shed their glories athwart the sky, growing
brighter and brighter, rising higher and higher in the heavens, until it
seemed that the gates of the city of God had been left ajar, and gleams
of the inner glory were flashing through. For two hours the wondrous
splendor continued to light up the cold northern sky—a picture painted
by the great Master Artist upon the shifting canvas of the heavens. Like
the smile of God it seemed, above all earthly homes, above the rock-
bound plains, the rugged mountains, the lonely forests, through which
our journey lay.
Angels of mercy seemed whispering: “Look up! This glory is but
a gleam of the light which flows from the throne of God. Live not for
earth alone. Look up, and behold by faith the mansions of the heavenly
home.” This scene was to me as the bow of promise to Noah, enabling
me to grasp the assurance of God’s unfailing care, and to look forward
to the haven of rest awaiting the faithful worker....
As God’s children, it is our privilege ever to look up, keeping the
eye of faith fixed on Christ. As we constantly keep Him in view, the
sunshine of His presence floods the chambers of the mind. The light of
Christ in the soul-temple brings peace. The soul is stayed on God. All
perplexities and anxieties are committed to Jesus. As we continue to
behold Him, His image becomes engraved on the heart, and is revealed
in the daily life....
My dear young friends, ever keep Christ in view. Thus only can you
keep the eye single to God’s glory. Jesus is your light and life and peace
and assurance forever.
[249]
257