February 17

(H^pROM the cross of Calvary, where the bleed-J ing hands of Jesus drop mercy; from the garden of Gethsemane, the cry comes, “Look unto me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth.” From Calvary’s summit, where Jesus cries, “It is finished,” I hear a shout, “Look, and be saved.” But there comes a cry from our soul, “Nay, look to yourself!” Ah, look to yourself, and you will be lost. As long as you look to yourself there is no hope for you. It is not a consideration of what you are, but a consideration of what God is, and what Christ is, that can save you.

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