Eyes on Jesus

keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith

Hebrews 12:2a, NET

...the Holy Spirit turns our eyes entirely away from self:

He tells us that we are nothing, but that "Christ is all in all."

Remember, therefore, it is not thy hold of Christ that saves thee—it is Christ;

it is not thy joy in Christ that saves thee—it is Christ;

it is not even faith in Christ, though that be the instrument—it is Christ's blood and merits;

therefore, look not so much to thy hand with which thou art grasping Christ, as to Christ;

look not to thy hope, but to Jesus, the source of thy hope;

look not to thy faith, but to Jesus, the author and finisher of thy faith.

We shall never find happiness by looking at our prayers,

our doings,

or our feelings; 

it is what Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to the soul.

Keep thine eye simply on Him;

let His death, His sufferings, His merits, His glories, His intercession, be fresh upon thy mind;

when thou wakest in the morning look to Him;

when thou liest down at night look to Him.

Oh! let not thy hopes or fears come between thee and Jesus;

follow hard after Him, and He will never fail thee.

excerpted from Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning and Evening, "Morning, June 28," formatting mine