LOOK UNTO ME AND BE YE SAVED.

 

JUNE 6.
 
Look unto me, and be ye saved.
Isaiah 45:22
 

WE are almost always in some difficulty
  or other, and need the Lords delivering hand.
 
But every day he addresses us in the same language,
  and says, “Look under me and be ye saved.”
 
From what do we need deliverance this morning?
 
Is it from guilt on the conscience?
 
Or from some powerful and unruly lust?
 
Or from some distressing temptation?
 
Or from some bodily disorder?
 
Or from some family trial?
 
Or from some perplexity in our worldly circumstances?
 
Whatever it may be, Jesus can deliver us from it;
  and he bids us look under him for deliverance.
 
Let us lift up our eyes with our hands 

  unto God in the heavens,
  and let us seek from him present salvation.
 
He saves all who look unto him,
  and he saves all freely.
 
Any one is at liberty to look,
  for the invitation reaches unto the ends of the earth;
   it is for all people, through all times.
 
Let us not then look too much at our trials,
  or our foes,
    or into our own hearts;
but let us look away from all to Jesus, and
  expect to receive peace, strength, and salvation from him.
 
He can deliver us,
  for he is God, and
    there is no God beside him.
 

Jesus our Prophet, Priest, and King,

Thou friend of sinners come;

Descend kind Comforter and bring

Thy great salvation down.

 
James Smith 1849